Shobha De’s Second Thought: The Cultural and Psychological Conflicts

Abstract

Shobha De is mostly discuss the psychological aspects in her every novel. She represent her woman character as rebellious and to awareness about her self-exploitation. Second Thought presents the agony and social pressure with cultural customs which followed by woman like Maya and her arid life issues emerging after marriage. The Novelist has taken mostly married women and capsulated the protagonist Maya. Maya, a married woman having the problems with related marriage and reflects her matrimony relationship. The present paper discusses the exploitation of woman Maya by her husband later uprising issues creates loneliness, alienation, emptiness of life. . She has been victimized by cultural, social and psychological point of view in the concept of ideal Indian woman. This novel is reflects for woman and cultural norms, social belief, cultural diversity, unequal distribution of gender, discrimination, the remarks of traditional mother in law in Indian society. It is custom of married to holding hand of her husband and his mother. Present paper focuses of the problem of married woman and her relationship with her husband .her ambition, feeling, and need as a human being. Novelist wants to focuses this through these points. 1. Indian concept of Marriage. 2. Causes of extra-marital affaires. 3. Psychoanalysis study of woman 4. Her revolts against system