Abstract

THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY IN ANITA NAIR’S LADIES' COUPE

Dr Deepak Upadhyay

Volume: 5 Issue: 3 2015

Abstract:

Anita Nair is one of the most prolific writers in Indian English fiction. Although she has refused to be called a feminist, her novel Ladies Coupe is essentially a novel about women sensibility. She delves deep into the inner recesses of the minds of her women characters and brings out their struggle, their suffering and their subjugation in the family and outside. She calls her novels a story of ordinary women with indomitable spirit as they give us the glimpses of their innate strength and their unyielding will. Ladies Coupe is essentially the story of a single woman’s decision to break free from the claustrophobic traditions and multiple identities as daughter, sister, aunt, provider, and live life on her own terms. This paper is an attempt to see how Nair’s characters go down fighting their victimization and their marginalization in order to live a life in their own ways. They may get bogged down, but their struggle, their quest for their identity is unparalleled and matchless, and, hence, their experiences, their fight against the unjust patriarchal system inspire a whole lot of women who deny succumbing and encumbering.

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References

• Anita Nair, Ladies’ Coupe (Penguin India, 2001), p. 31-32.
• Ibid. p.23.
• bid. p.40.
• Ibid. p.42.
• Ibid. p.60.
• Ibid. p.89.
• Ibid. p.95.
• Ibid. p.96.
• Ibid. p.134.
• Ibid. p. 208.
• Ibid. p. 271.