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This novel expose the moral and spiritual breakdown of modern society’s marriage system and marital relatio
ns. The present paper focuses the agony of Maya who feels trapped in matrimony. Maya neglected and criticized by her husband and exploited and deceived by her lover remains a silent sufferer.The present paper discusses the psychic cum social complexities of middle class society.
Maya is pretty, young and eager to escape her middleclass home. Ranjan is handsome, driven, well born and wealthy. Their arranged marriage seems a match made in heaven until Maya discovers that underneath her husband’s charming facade lies a cold-hearted, rigidly conservative monster. As the young woman struggles with her marriage, she meets and finds solace in Nikhil, her charming college-going neighbour. Soon the stage is set for an explosive tale of love and betrayal.