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Abstract
The theme of marriage holds a great fascination for Deshpande. In most of the cases, marriages culminate in a travesty of faith man and woman seeks in each other, leading to suffering and the conflict between traditional limitations and modern aspirations. In the present novel, Deshpande critically analyses the institution of marriage in the modern context in That Long Silence. Through this simple story of Jaya, Deshpande has raised many issues related to matrimony, and questioned the concepts of love and marriage. This is what S.P. Swain means when he says: