ECHOES OF WAR AND WINGS OF LOVE-A CRITICAL STUDY OF ANUJA CHAUHAN'S ROMANTIC NOVEL BAAZ

Abstract

Anuja Chauhan (17 September 1970) is an Indian author, advertiser, and screenwriter. Because of her engaging storytelling style, she has created marvelous scope in her writings for interesting characters to develop attractive plots. So, Anuja Chauhan’s novels are bestsellers and loved by authors. The selected novel for a research study is, Anuja Chauhan’s Baaz (2017). At heart, this novel narrates a love relation between a peacenik and a pilot, with war as the backdrop. It is a story of Shaanu aka Baaz aka Ishaan and Tehmina and supportive characters Raks, a MiG-21 Fighter, Maddy, a transport pilot who flies a Caribou, and fellow Gnatties Jana, Gana and Mana. The Indian romantic novels will be briefly discussed in this paper and the primary focus will then be the analysis of the themes and characters in Baaz. Additionally, it will look into how Baaz differs from Anuja Chauhan's previous novels in that it has a male protagonist and creates a male space. It will also find out Anuja Chauhan’s autobiographical reflections in the novel.