Secret Daughter Motherhood

A woman in today’s society has an important role in their family. They are considered to be the one who must take care of their family. Going on the stage of motherhood is one of the most difficult thing that every woman face. This is true in the case of Kavita and Somer in the novel “The Secret Daughter” by Shilpi Somaya Gowda. Kavita who lives in India where culture favours boys, struggle to keep her two daughters and ends up losing both of them. Somer however, is a doctor who lives in California, lost her child because of the break-down of her body and causes her to not be able to have a child anymore. Both of them struggle to survive in the stage of motherhood. In this novel, the two protagonist shows selflessness my making sacrifices through
When they reached this place, Kavita suddenly does not want to let go of her daughter. She holds her close and starts to cry and she almost forgets they are there until she is interrupted by Rupa shaking her shoulders and “…gently reaching for the baby in Kavita’s arms. And now, all Kavita can hear is screaming. As she feels Usha fried from her hands, she only hears the screaming…Kavita’s arms are still outstretched but holds nothing” (Gowda 34). This statement shows that she cannot do anything to make her daughter stay and it means that she lost again her daughter. The word “outstretched” means that she will wait for the day that she can meet her daughter even if there is no assurance that she can see her again. Somer, on the other hand, also lost her daughter like Kavita. She lost her daughter because of miscarriage that leads her to experienced early menopause. It only means that there is a little chance for her to give birth again. Krishnan her husband, suggest that they can adopt a child from his country but she put him off. After talking to her husband, she decides to go to the park.
The Silver bangle have the important role for Asha as it helps her to connect with her biological mother. Kavita gave this bangle to Asha before she left her in the orphanage. This bangle shows an important role when Asha had a fight with her mother as they were eating their dinner because she thinks and feels that her parents do not support what she wants. She told her parents what she feels and when she noticed that her parents remain silence she “collects herself from the floor…and runs upstairs to her room… she reaches into the bottom drawer of her nightstand, pulls out a small box… she removes the lid… she picks up the thin silver bangle” (Gowda 138). This silver bangle creates a bond between Asha and Kavita because when they look at it, they feel at peace and they will be reminded of each other. Its circular shape represents the birth and rebirth. This is evident when Kavita decides to give Asha away and it gives Asha a new and peaceful life and how there is no beginning or end in life. Asha’s eyes are the other symbols that help Asha. As Asha starts looking for her birth parents her eyes becomes the reason she finally found who she really is. This leads her to find her birth parents are. At the start of her journey in looking for her birth parents, her grandmother told her which orphanage she came from. She quickly goes to the orphanage and asks Mr. Deshpande who is her parents are, but