Examines the development of the new Indian woman, defined as the "urban, educated, middle-class Indian woman", whose evolution has mirrored the similar growth of the middle hierarchy in India. Lau continues to explore the "double-edged personalities of women as they negotiate their social roles and locations, within and outside the family and home", explaining how this captures the cultural and social changes that have taken place in India as a ramification of the "rapid economic economy". development and expansion." Astha is effectively Kapur's “new woman” who is educated, aware, introverted and, to some extent, wants to carve out a new life for herself outside the confines of marriage. Astha demonstrates this by violating the orthodox social codes of woman Indian with her “personal vision of femininity.” Soon after Hemant's marriage and return to work, Astha endures moments of longing for something more in her life. These modern, middle-class women portrayed through Astha interpret married life as "a loss of integrity, loss of articulation, loss of personal ambition, loss of courage. Furthermore, if this is the only action women can take, or are forced to take, it is then not at risk that the woman". prevails over the male and curbs the idea of ​​rebellion which is definitively rewarded with "submission and duty"’