A Phenomenal Protagonist in Andaleeb Wajid’s “Tamanna Trilogy”

Abstract

Andaleeb Wajid a contemporary Indian Muslim women writer writes in English is the author of fourteen published novels, including more than Just Biryani, Asmara's Summer and Twenty-nine Going on Thirty. Her young adult novel When She Went Away was shortlisted for The Hindu Young World GoodBooks Award (2017). She enjoys writing about romance and food, and is also a creative writing facilitator at Nutcracker Workshops. Wajid is highly interested to create a phenomenal protagonists for her works. This paper attempts to show such a phenomenal protagonist of her three series Novels The Tamanna Trilogy. She used the technique of time travel and the unique aspect of her protagonist Tamanna had been highlighted though she had undergone many trials and tribulations. This paper also shows a new perspective of the contemporary women in attaining their desire.