Changing Paradigms of Marital Relationships in the Selected Short Stories of Rabindranath Tagore and Gurdial Singh

India has many languages and forms of literature signifying varying ideologies with different sets of traditions, beliefs and socio-cultural practices; literature mirrors these differences in subtle ways. The man-woman relationship is a prominent theme in the short stories of Rabindranath Tagore and Gurdial Singh. The marital relationships depicted in their stories do not only bear the imprint of their respective contemporary societies but also stand witness to the psychological makeup of the writers and the land to which they belong. The article evaluates the differences and similarities in the diverse cultures of Punjab and Bengal through the depiction of the husband-wife relationship in the selected stories of Rabindranath Tagore and Gurdial Singh.