An outline of Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta.
The Indian women novelists depict various subjects in their novels. They
portray psychological, social, cultural, familial, spiritual, and other pictures of
society.
Mehta’s first novel Inside the Haveli (1977) can be taken as a model of Indian sensibility. By using the common metaphor of Haveli the heroine of the novel, Geeta brings about a change.
Bharati Mukharjee, Arundhati Roy, Gita Hariharan, Gita Mehta, Namita Gokhale, Shobha De, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Anita Rau Badami,Kiran Desai, Manju Kapur,

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Geeta: Female protagonist of the novel
Geeta sacrifices her modernity for keeping the traditions of haveli and turns out to be a true Indian woman. Love and concern do not bind anyone but makes one free. She finds her own way of emancipation and individuality.

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Minor Characters in the novel

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Theme
The theme in a story is its underlying message, or 'big idea.' In other words, what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem?
Inside the Haveli depicts the life of a woman trapped in traditions and a desire to free herself from them. Hence, the major themes of the novel are surrender and compromise. The haveli represents the silence of the women who strictly follow Purdah and other rules of Rajput families.

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Symbols in Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta
The Haveli is a symbol of oppression that represents the silence of women. The rules of the haveli are as strict as the stones of the haveli that keep women within social boundaries.

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