Self and Other: A Psycho– Analtical Study of Dimple in Bharati Mukherjee’s Wife

Abstract

                   Bharati Mukherjee occupies a prominent place among the Indian Women Novelists. Her heroines are modern, educated, young women, crushed under the clutches of patriarchal and tradition bound society. Her smart attempt to present a true picture of their sufferings, disappointments and frustrations makes her novels realistic and appreciable. Her writings, give voice to the long silent Indian brides and explores the feminine sensibilities unique to Indian settings. Her novels advocate the issues of married woman and analyse the relationship within families and marriages. She depicts women in myriad roles- wife, mother, daughter and above all an individual in her own rights. Bharati Mukherjee’s novel Wifeis a simple story of Amit and his wife Dimple. Like the heroines Tara, Dimple and Jasmine she also undergoes the travails of expatriation. The novels analyses the psychic development of Dimple in the land of fortunes. She gets trapped between the two cultures. Her expectations fail in the unknown land. She experiences psychic breakdown.