Feminism and portrayal of female characters in Nepali literature

Literature has always been a mirror that reflects society and its working mechanisms at that specific time. The situation of people, it be of castes, classes or genders are consciously or unconsciously represented by writers, which becomes a medium to analyse not only the conditions but also the psychology of people at that certain period.

Moreover, feminist theories are closely related to class and racial conflict, especially gender conflict. Feminism is generally associated with emancipation, the women’s movement to demand equal rights with men, both in the political, economic and socio-cultural fields.