The Portrayal of the Female Mind in Ladies Coupe

Anita Nair has presented in her novel Ladies Coupe, modern Indian women’s search for identity in male dominated society. The novel primary focus on psychological exploration of inner self of its female characters. Nair permeate deep into the inner psyche of the depressed women by virtue of their feminine sensibility and psychological insight and bring out their issues, which are mainly because of the psychological and emotional inequalities in a society. Since the beginning of this world, both the outside world and the family suppress Women and this oppression is expressed by the quest to self-identity and elf-discovery, which pervades in Anita Nair’s ‘Ladies Coupe’. The concept of a free woman transcends the limits of economic or social freedom, but relates to her mental and emotional attitude and wellbeing.