Volume : 5, Issue : 10, October - 2016

Brunt of divorce on the Psyche of Children: A Study of Custody by Manju Kapur

Lakshmi Prasanna Komara, Dr. R. Raja

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;In this paper, the focus will be on Manju Kapur&rsquo;s novel Custody. This novel mainly focuses on the unt of divorce on the psyche of children. Kapur pinpoints a perceived necessity of a strong argument against the ongoing onslaught of divorce on the mindsets of budding children. She ings to light the pain, suffering and silence existing in the family aftermath of a divorce. She keenly discusses the psychological ups and downs in the mind of the children leading to a traumatic condition imperceptible either to the father or mother. She, singlehandedly, unarmed, as a soldier of her thought process, challenges the entire society and puts forth certain questions and leaves the answers to the readers&rsquo; judgement or perception</p>