Synopsis Shashi Deshpande : A Critical Elucidation is a modest attempt to the various aspects of the literary world of Shashi Deshpande. It is a collection of scholarly research papers contributed by various English teachers and scholars from the different parts of India. It features articles concerning all the chief fictions and short stories of Shashi Deshpande. Her novels discussed in this book are Root and Shadows, That Long Silence, The Dark Holds No Terrors, The Binding Vine, A Matter of Time, Small Remedies and The Stone Women. The last two articles critically examine the short stories of the novelist with different angles and perspectives. Since the works of Shashi Deshpande have been prescribed in different universities, the book, it is hoped, will certainly cater to the need of the general readers, students and teachers who want to be more familiar with the various literary and critical shades of the works of Shashi Deshpande.