• Sanchayita Manna

Abstract: Marriage has always been considered to be the purest and sacred of all social institutions. A successful marriage is always a key to lead an everlasting happy life. But when someone knowingly enters into the country of deceit, failure is a matter of time. The novel's title, In the Country of Deceit, is simple and effective at attracting readers' attention. The phrase 'deceit' in the novel's title creates various concerns in our minds, such as who is tricked in this story. Who has been cheated or duped? Is it about a location where deception occurs? Or is it only depiction of a mental state? The purpose of this paper is to attempt to answer these issues while highlighting the novel's narrative from the perspective of love and adultery. Deshpande's unrelenting vision follows those entangled in the web of deception as they suffer, evade, and lie. In the land of deception, there are no hostages taken, no winners, only scarred lives. With this modest but sensitive and compassionate exploration of the meaning of love, dedication, lust, deception and repentance, Deshpande's reputation as a finest and remarkable novelist of India is solidified once more. Keywords: Deceit, deception, marriage, self-realization, patriarchal, identity.

Deceit, deception, marriage, self-realization, patriarchal, identity.

"Chasing the Rainbow: Love, Lust and Remorse in Shashi Deshpande’s In the Country of Deceit", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no.c139-c145, January-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201222.pdf

"Chasing the Rainbow: Love, Lust and Remorse in Shashi Deshpande’s In the Country of Deceit", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no. ppc139-c145, January-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201222.pdf