International Journal of Development in Social Sciences and Humanities

Anita Nair is a well-known novelist who concentrates on the predicament of women in a male dominated society and her struggle for emancipation and empowerment. Her novel Ladies Coupe presents the personifications of new women who have been trying to find out their own identity in their lives. They have followed the conservative norms of patriarchal society for a long time but there comes a point when they realise and revolt against oppressions and suppression that they have been subjected to. Finally, they free themselves of the dependence syndrome and emerge as strong and powerful wome