Vol. 6, Issue 8, Part D (2020)

Abstract
Suniti Namjoshi not just gave a voice to the lesbian desies in her writings by positing female protagonist at the center point of the narrative she also chooses to challenge the existing male centric universe by re-writin existing mythology, fables and texts. Among Namjoshi's central concerns are the actual processes of 'othering' and marginalisation; which means how racist, patriarchal and homophobic society maintain and perpetuate homophobic discourses through direct and indirect ways. In her works we witness a subversion of traditional fables by rewriting ancient fairy tales and fables in her new conceived alternative lesbian universe. one of the crucial elements of Namjoshi’s Lesbian Feminism is the notion of non-hegemonic women relations. Hegemony is perceived as a disruption in the making of a community which cut across different trajectories which includes- feminism, lesbianism and colonialism, racism etc. Anthropomorphism is seen as a vital tool in her writings to- subvert the masculine and heterosexual constructs and see the same narratives through a female gaze, secondly, to identify a thread that amalgamates different living being into the universe where each being has a soul, and every being is humanized, thirdly, she also uses these animal fables to point out the fallacies and pitfalls of reading Hindu scriptures uncritically.