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Exposing the social structures of gender in novels, the writers condemn patriarchy and emphasize on women’s rights. The prevailing gender inequality in the society leads to lot of discussions and ideologies demanding social integration. The novels of Kavery Nambisan, a South Asian Writer explores the feministic perspectives through her varied characterization and their bigotry. She exposes how men and women move on with the challenges and obstacles amidst the gender discriminated society. The author predominantly focuses on the suppression of the mind affected by external situations. The article also explores the gender differences in emotion with culture as its base. The male and the female emotions to a particular situation carry different perspectives predominated by the cultural values and conservative traits of a particular community. Mango-coloured Fish is a novel of sensitive emotions, prejudices, expectations, disappointments, confusions and problems. The characters are juggled by these varied emotions in their journey to seek their identity. The emotional expressions are biased and thus feminist psychology strives for an egalitarian society breaking the gender stereotypes. Nambisan depicts the stress and depression the characters go through when the masculine traits offend the feminine emotions.