Exploring the Affinity between Women and Nature: A Study of Nanda Kaul in Anita Desai's Fire on the Mountain

The paper examines the evolving trends in Indian literature written in English, particularly highlighting Anita Desai's contributions. Over its seventy-year history, Indian English literature has reached significant milestones and it is now recognized as a major world literature. A new wave of writers, including Anita Desai, Chaman Nahal, Kamala Markandaya, Arun Joshi, Dina Mehta, Salman Rushdie, Shobha De, Sashi Deshpande, and Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy, has emerged. This paper focuses on the recent trend of ecofeminism in Indian literature and Anita Desai's portrayal of female characters within this context. A thorough analysis of Anita Desai’s novels reveals their connection to her personal experiences and contemporary reality. This study concentrates on Desai's life, her interest in ecofeminism, and the impact of social, economic, political, and cultural issues of her contemporary time on her work.