Psychological Alienation in Bharati Mukherjee’s Wife

Abstract

The psyche of Indian immigrants is the dominant concern of Bharati Mukherjee, who herself belongs to this class. Her main theme obviously refers to the phenomenon of migration and the problems like alienation, struggle with identity, racism and various forms of discrimination etc. This paper focus on the sense of alienation that Dimple, the protagonist of the novel Wife experience. This paper also reveals how Dimple, caught in a gulf between two contrasting worlds leads to her illusion, depression and at last her tragic decision of killing her husband. This novel Wife also concentrates on the experience of a woman forced to face her marginalization within her native culture. Bharati Mukherjee probes into the psyche of Dimple as she untolds her story from girlhood to her wifehood phase.