• R.Jaisingh

Upamanyu Chatterjee is an Indian Civil Servant and Writer. This paper makes an attempt at Exploration of Individual Conflicts in the Novels of Upamanyu Chatterjee. ‘English, August: An Indian Story’ is a sequel to ‘The Mammaries of the Welfare State’ and ‘The Last Burden’. Conflict is the result of competing desires or the presence of obstacles that need to be overcome. There are three main types of conflict identified in literature: man versus man, man versus nature and man versus self. Agastya looks for individual’s search for the meaning of his life. He suffers from cultural alienation, social alienation and self alienation. He suffers not only from outer but also from the inner problems caused by his dislocation and displacement in rural town, Madna. The Last Burden evinces the inner friction of a middle class family where every individual seems to be thinking about his or her own self. The bond of love appears to be totally lost. Agastya Sen is a passively victim hero, trapped in a ridiculous situation and unable to extricate himself from there. He faces bribery and other corruptions of the bureaucratic world in a way typical of a man who has been rendered impotent to react normally. The main characters of his novels are suffering in their personal life.

Agastya, Jamun, Conflict, Madna, Chatterjee, Alienation

"“EXPLORATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONFLICTS IN THE NOVELS OF UPAMANYU CHATTERJEE”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.332-336, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06071.pdf

"“EXPLORATION OF INDIVIDUAL CONFLICTS IN THE NOVELS OF UPAMANYU CHATTERJEE”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp332-336, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06071.pdf