Research Scholar, Saint Xaviers University, Kolkata
JournalRVIMJ
Volume / Issue3 / 7
Pages99–104
Published10 Jul 2026
Paper IDRVIMJ37J260013
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Abstract
The Strange Case of Billy Biswas like Conrad’s Lord Jim, is narrated from the
witness-narrator’s point of view. The narrator in this novel is Romi (Romesh Sahai), a
friend of the protagonist Billy, whom he met as a student in New York. Like Marlowe
in Lord Jim, Romi performs the task as an involved friend and a detached narrator.
In The Strange Case of Billy Biswas, Arun Joshi explores the contemporary man’s
inner crisis of being isolated from the whole apparatus of convention and ritual society.
Billy inwardly suffers from the pangs of conscience, which keep him in a perpetual
state of irritation against the social set-up in which he is placed. The narrative begins
with the recounting of Billy’s life in America much before the time of his disappearance
into the Saal Forests of the Satpura Hills. Technically, The Strange Case of Billy
Biswas is a remarkable novel. The narrative in this novel does not follow a straight
line; instead, it is pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle. The same events are recounted
by different characters to lay stronger emphasis on the central character as well as
subject matter. The tone of the last novel The City and River is overtly spiritual which
shums up Joshi’s perception of like in conformity with the hoarty wisdom of India.
Ruhi Ruchira (2026). Role of Women in Arun Joshi’s Novels: A Feminist Study. Research Vidyapith International Multidisciplinary Journal, 3(7), 99–104. https://doi.org/10.70650/rvimj.2026v3i70013
Ruhi Ruchira. “Role of Women in Arun Joshi’s Novels: A Feminist Study.” Research Vidyapith International Multidisciplinary Journal, vol. 3, no. 7, 2026, pp. 99–104. https://doi.org/10.70650/rvimj.2026v3i70013
Ruhi Ruchira. “Role of Women in Arun Joshi’s Novels: A Feminist Study.” Research Vidyapith International Multidisciplinary Journal 3, no. 7 (2026): 99–104. https://doi.org/10.70650/rvimj.2026v3i70013
Ruhi Ruchira (2026) ‘Role of Women in Arun Joshi’s Novels: A Feminist Study’, Research Vidyapith International Multidisciplinary Journal, 3(7), pp. 99–104. Available at: https://doi.org/10.70650/rvimj.2026v3i70013.
Ruhi Ruchira, “Role of Women in Arun Joshi’s Novels: A Feminist Study,” Research Vidyapith International Multidisciplinary Journal, vol. 3, no. 7, pp. 99–104, 2026. https://doi.org/10.70650/rvimj.2026v3i70013.
Ruhi Ruchira. Role of Women in Arun Joshi’s Novels: A Feminist Study. Research Vidyapith International Multidisciplinary Journal. 2026;3(7):99–104. https://doi.org/10.70650/rvimj.2026v3i70013.
Ruhi Ruchira. Role of Women in Arun Joshi’s Novels: A Feminist Study. Research Vidyapith International Multidisciplinary Journal 2026, 3 (7), 99–104. https://doi.org/10.70650/rvimj.2026v3i70013.
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