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Hetvi Manojbhai Thanki

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Kundanika Kapadia, Seven Steps in the Sky, translation, feminism, real women

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Seven Steps in the Sky is an English translation of Gujarati novel Saat Pagla Aakashma by Kundanika Kapadia. The relationship between men and women, instead of being rosebush grown in the grounds of equality and liberation, has been a thorny flower sprung from the poor foundation of relationship between the exploiter and the exploited. The writer considers marriage as a first step in divinity, but she also portrays how a married woman steps into land of restrictions. Though they are strong and respected in their house, they are considered less than their husbands in social prestige, customs and traditions because of basic perception of ownership of men. Before the history started, men decided how and for whom women should live. This habit has come down in their blood and became one with their soul. Women are ignorant about the world around them and have perverted ideas of reality which make them think that their problems are their fate, or God's will. The novel shows that when women dive deep into the sea of love, it contains no pearls. They are scared to enjoy freedom and are rarely prepared to fight for it. They are dehumanized being exploited and men do not treat them as complete and absolute human beings. The paper examines how the female characters of the novel, Seven Steps in the Sky, at the same time, are not subordinate and they rise and shine above all the difficulties they face throughout their lives. This study concentrates on how these female characters, by challenging patriarchal norms with their courage, go beyond the seventh step and reclaim the sky of independence.

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  Page Number(s) - h602-h610

  Pubished in - Volume 13 | Issue 7 | July 2025

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Hetvi Manojbhai Thanki,   "Struggle of Female Characters to be 'Real Women' in Kundanika Kapadia's Seven Steps in the Sky: A Feminist Study", International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT), ISSN:2320-2882, Volume.13, Issue 7, pp.h602-h610, July 2025, Available at :http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2507869.pdf

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