VICTIM OF FATE: A STUDY ON SHASHI DESHPANDE’S “THE DARK HOLDS NO TERROR”

An undisputed fact admitted by the characters in Shashi Deshpande's “The Dark Holds No Terror”, that fate plays an important role in men and women's life. Shashi Deshpande tends to be tragic in her novel as she describes the fate of a girl. Sarita, the heroine of this novel, has to pass through difficult situations all of her life which she has suffered without any fault of hers. Sarita has recounted how she is alienated from her parents, how she has determined to becomes a doctor, how she get trapped in love of Manohar. Incidents and accidents has happened in such a way that she couldn't have happiness in life. She said to herself in moment of dejection, ‘But why is happiness so unreal? Why does it always seem an illusion? It is grief that a bulk, a weight, a substance, and slays real even after years. Happiness is so evanescent, nothing is left' (40).