The Transformation of the Indian Women as in Ladies Coupe’ by Anita Nair

Abstract

Anita Nair’s second novel, Ladies Coupe’, elected as one among the best five novels in India centers around women’s longing for self-assertion in a male dominated society. Focussing on the dilemmas that woman face in their strained relationships with parents, children, husbands and siblings and exhibiting a remarkable understanding of the psyche of Indian women, she attempts an exploration of all the overwhelming problems and challenges faced by them. On one hand she is fully aware of her needs and selfhood while on the other, tradition demands that she be reduced to the role of a minion for the peaceful running of her family. By keeping herself submissive and by accepting the role patriarchy has assigned her she struggles in the chains of a deeply patriarchal organization.