Rupa Lord Of The Losses Analysis

Manju Kapur stands close to D.H.Lawrance. How penetratingly and keenly she draws the intense fear and guilt of the child Nisha is a matter of pleasant surprise from a modern writer, as even though as a child, she doesn’t eat and sleep well in her own home. Nobody could understand the reason behind her mental disturbance and she is sent to Rupa’s home for a change. Rupa is also suffering from the guilt of not having children after so many years of marriage but the support of her husband and a small business gives her little time to wander over these problems. Rupa and her husband understand that Vicky is responsible for Nisha’s miserable condition; they could do nothing but sympathize. They try to tell her stories from Ramayana and even try to admit her in better school. This remains one of William Golding’s LORD OF THE FLIES, where he points out that ‘children are no more

After the death of Banwari Lal, Yashpal the elder son in the family shoulders the responsibilities. Nisha also returns home to accompany her grandmother but her heart always lurks for Rupa’s house. Nisha sees her mentor in her aunt and wants to lead a life like her. Sona doesn’t understand Nisha very much. She is the force of patriarchy within her home; the opposition for Nisha does not come so openly from the male members as it does from her own mother. She is unable to understand her daughter’s feelings and rather expect her to follow the traditional role of women in a family. Sona says, “This girl will be our death. My child, born after ten years, tortures me like this. Thank God your Grandfather is not alive. What face will I show upstairs?” The traditional mother wants