THRESHOLD OF SELF DISCOVERY IN ANITA NAIR’S LADIES COUPLE

Abstract

Anita Nair is one of the superior writers in Indian Writing in English who writes about womens tussle. She efficiently highlights the trials and tribulations faced by women in a patriarchal society. Anita Nairs Ladies Coupe deals with the stories of several female characters, who struggle to attain their selfhood. In Ladies Coupe Anita Nair focuses on men and women relationship, marriage, divorce, social, cultural and psychological issue. Anita Nairs Ladies Coupe presents the travelling ladies struggle and experiences to one another. The characters in Ladies Coupe have their own pain and grief but they eventually overcome with their entire struggle and have their own life in their society. This study proposes to examine Anita Nairs Ladies Coupe to epitomize how the Indian women struggle to identify themselves in the tradition bound Patriarchal Indian Society.