Inspiring Tale of Emancipation and Identity of Women Characters in Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupé
Keywords:
Modern Indian Culture, Patriarchy, Struggle, Emancipation, IdentityAbstract
Anita Nair is known as a distinguished postmodern Indian female novelist. In most of her novels, she has tried to portray the picture of Indian culture and domestic issues tackled by women of modern India. She has become a more prominent writer on account of her captivating style of writing. Her most cherished and prominent novel Ladies Coupé is considered one of the five best novels in Indian English Literature. It is a tale of predicament narrated by women of different ages, and social and cultural backgrounds. Akhila, the protagonist of the novel is a year’s spinster who spent her whole life taking care of her family. Janaki, Margaret Shanti and Marikoluntun have tremendously struggled to accomplish emancipation and equality in the patriarchal society. This paper is an attempt to explore inspiring stories of women characters in Ladies Coupé with a feministic approach.
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