Theme of Alienation in Anitha Desai`s Where Shall We Go This Summer

Abstract

Anitha Desai is one of the novelists who became popular with her feminist perspective. She also brought fame to Indian writings in English, as the modern Indian English Novelist who took Indo-English novel a step ahead. Desai`s characters have complex emotional problems stemmed from the chaotic environment encircling them. Where Shall We Go This Summer, is her fourth novel, the plot is narrated from the female protagonist's point of view. Sitha the female lead of the novel has emotional and adjustment problems with her husband Raman. She could not get herself acquainted with the practical and urbanized life of Bombay. She has a problem with her husband's relatives and friends. Unable to adapt herself to the metropolitan life, she goes back to her father`s island Manori, finally she reconciles with life. The alien feeling is evinced with emotional strength.