• ANBARASAN.P

ManjuKapur is an eminent writer of 20th century. Custody (2011), her fifth novel is exceptional and about upper-middle-class colonies of Delhi in the mid -90s. It is a story of custody of children and the Indian Judicial system. Kapur encapsulates the lives of opulent, metropolitan middle- class Indians life, relationships, wealth, determination, and tranquility. Kapur evaluates the modern life as the story encircle around Raman and Shagun who are couples along with fascinating Ashok Khanna, Raman’s boss and Ishitha, divorcee who suffers with infertility. Custody consists the plot of metropolitan upper middle class lives in modern society. Kapur utilizes the establishment of marriage in the Custod;, explains the story of two wretched families by divorce. A sequence of altercation follows along with disagreements, intense Conversation reveals the wicked side of divorce. It explains how the main protagonist, Shagunlooses healthy family life, husband and children by her extravagance. Inspite of all her trials she gets nothing expect distress. Especially parents give importance to their own freedom.

Divorce, remarriage, possessiveness, custody, distress, disintegration, family.

"POSTMODERN IDEAS IN MANJU KAPUR’S NOVEL ‘CUSTODY’", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.31-33, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06008.pdf

"POSTMODERN IDEAS IN MANJU KAPUR’S NOVEL ‘CUSTODY’", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp31-33, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06008.pdf