History shows that this world has always been dominated by male figures. Right from the dawn of different civilizations, all the kings, emperors, historians, thinkers, philosophers, doctors and legislators have been males and they have moulded the ideas from the view point of male mentality. Women, in all the ages, have been subjugated and marginalized. Either they have been worshipped like a goddess or they have been treated like objects. What they demand is equality, which has never been given to them. The twentieth century witnessed a deluge of women activists who raised voice against this inequality. Due to their tremendous efforts, the things have started changing gradually. Today, women are coming out of their attic and they are aggressively vocal for their social, political and educational rights; they have started resisting the male assumptions. The status of woman is changing now and this is well reflected in literature too across the globe. If we try to have a look at Indian English Literature, we find that most of the Indian writers today reflect not merely the position and status of woman in India but also the new awareness that is arousing woman from her static state. The paper aims to show the changing face of woman in Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors.