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depicted in Clear Light of Day.
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In Clear Light of Day the female characters despite all of the constraints, strive to
find their individuality.   They seem to embrace the dominant class’s language
and culture, for example. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how
female protagonists, such as colonial people, struggle to establish their presence
in various ways, such as hybridization. In order to survive, these women use the
oppressor’s language and culture.
The plot revolves on an Indian family living in ancient Delhi. Memories and
experiences of the youngest daughter. Raja and Baba, the family’s youngest
mentally challenged member, are their two brothers. Bim had to care after Raja
when he Tara and her husband returned to her home and family after their
parents died while they were children. Tara and her older sister, Bim, reminisce
on how their family got sick with TB and how they nursed him back to health
as the narrative progresses. She also had to look after her aunt when she became
sick while caring for Baba.

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Bim, now a history professor, is a strong, unmarried lady who, after their
parents’ deaths, must assume care for her disabled brother, Baba, as well as
their family house and company. She comes from a conventional household
where women, including her mother, sister, and aunt, are expected to follow
patriarchal society’s rules. However, her perspective on life, family, education,
and marriage, which contributes to the character’s hybridity, distinguishes her
from a conventional Indian lady. Tara, on the other hand, lacks the confidence
to confront a difficult task and all she wanted was to go back to Bakul’s clean,
hygienic, disinfected environment, with its system of laws and regulations,
neatness, and orderliness.

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Tara is trained to be “strong” and “decisive” by her husband, Bakul, after they
marry as a subservient woman. Bim aspires to be like her elder brother Raja, a
patriarchal figure. She defies this patriarchal way of life by dressing up as
masculine figures who are superior to women. As a result, in order to set herself
apart from the stereotypically docile Indian lady, she must hybridise her
personality. She, like Raja, enjoys reading poetry. “She knew Byron, Igbal, and
even T.S. Eliot,” says the author (42). Men are encouraged to study poetry in a
traditional Indian household because they are regarded intellectually superior.
Bim aspired to be a “heroine” as a kid, while her brother, Raja, aspired to be a
“hero.” Tara.

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Due to the unique environment of their household, Bim’s exuberant and lively
personality was repressed at home. Bim saw school and its instructors and
courses as a welcome challenge to her inherent intellect and mental
curiosity.  For Tara, school, with its instructors and courses, was a frightening
idea. She missed home while she was imprisoned inside the  towering stone
walls, nearly unable to stand the idea of being separated from Aunt Mira, Baba,
and the familiarity of her old ayah and its comforting. The bat and ball came
naturally to Bim, who had been taught in sports by Raja and Hamid, who had
often used her as a fielder when they had set up a cricket game between them.
Playing sports with males is yet another example of hybridization that provides
Bim with an opportunity to express her own existence and identity.

However, Tara was completely inept at any of the games she attempted to
play.  In situations when instructors and students were selecting teams for a
game, Tara was always the last to be chosen, standing neglected and destitute,
until one of the leaders grudgingly agreed to include her in the team.   She is a
lady who does not make an effort to show her femininity. Tara seems to
embrace her disadvantaged status as a woman to some degree. Tara and Bim
studied Hindi when they were younger, but Raja chose Urdu because it seemed
like a natural choice for the son of a Delhi family. When Muslim and Moghul
monarchs ruled, Urdu was the court language, and it has remained so as the
language of the educated and cultured. Hindi was not believed to be a language
with a long history at the time.

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Raja, as a male character, selects Urdu as the court language, making him feel
proud and superior to those who speak Hindi. Urdu is seen as a better and full
language and is a sign of masculinity. “Look, its angles are all wrong,” he said
scornfully, holding up one of their Hindi copybooks as if it were an old sock.
And the fact that you have to go back and cross out every word as soon as you
finish writing it is an obstacle. It’s difficult to think clearly when you have to
constantly walking back and crossing the street. It interferes with the overall
flow of the composition he said.

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Bim and Tara’s fight against patriarchal culture is exemplified by their

hybridity, as shown by their decision to “do anything they liked” since Raja had
not returned home from school, and everyone else in the house was fast asleep
as well. They pondered what they should do that was bold enough, crazy
enough, and illegal enough to take advantage of such a wonderful chance. They
then realised why they were so different from their brother, why they were so
inferior and insignificant in comparison: it was because they did not dress in
pants like their brother.   They take advantage of their opportunity to join
patriarchal society by hybridising themselves and putting on Raja’s trousers.
Bim rushed across the desk, took out the tiny top drawer where Raja kept
cigarettes, carried away by the magnificence of their trousersed bodies. She
discovered an opened package in her pocket, along with a few cheap, foul-
smelling, carelessly packed cigarettes and matches, and realised why Raja
walked with such a magnificent, carefree swagger. It was only natural for her to
swagger, to feel wealthy, superior, and strong if she had pockets and smokes.
(132) Wearing a pair of pants denotes masculinity and dominance. They joined
the realm of masculinity when they put on those pants, which is another
example of hybridization. “They sank their hands further into their pockets,
feeling even more superior”.

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Another instance of hybridity occurs in the household when Tara and Bim, who
are both members of a disadvantaged group, read literature with ease. They are
acting in a manner that is in opposition to the norms of Indian society at the
time. What is also important is the kind of literature they were reading, which
serves as a reminder of the novel’s depiction of women as being inferior.
According to traditional cultural influences, young women are expected to read
romantic novels such as “Gone with the Wind” and “Lorna Doone,” while
young men are expected to read daring novels such as “Robin Hood” and “Beau
Geste,” according to traditional cultural influences. Aunt Mira, another lady
who has been subjected to an excessive amount of suffering, exemplifies
hybridity as well. She, on the other hand, strives to live and attempts to conquer 
the difficulties as if she were a man. Despite the fact that she has been subjected

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to various degrees of abuse, she still has the bravery and strength to care for this
family when the parents, Bim and Tara’s parents, fail to fulfil their
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household. She has a tough life to contend with. After her young student
husband, who had gone to study in England soon after their wedding, had a cold
while walking home in the rain one winter night and died, she was twelve years
old and a virgin when she was widowed. She was left stranded with his family, Social Plugin
who held a grudge against her and held her responsible for his death. She
should be held accountable for her actions. She is the sufferer of a harsh society
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