The traumatic situations and agonies are psychological terms which are generally found in the works of Indian diasporic writers. In Indian English literature, BharatiMukherjee is a famous writer who presented these terms prominently in her novel “Wife”. In this novel, she focused thediasporicexperience of her protagonist, Dimple with the isolation, alienation, culture clash, cross cultural crisis, multicultural identity and identity crisis. Therefore her novel reveals the sensibilities of immigrants with a close observation. Identity Crisis is core issue for the immigrant who struggles to maintain it in the other foreign land. Identity Crisis happened under the pressure of geographical, economic, political, and cultural issues. Wife not only portrayed the psychological eccentricities of the protagonist, but also focuseson the strength of women who are ready to face any kind of situation which takes place in the life. Psycho- analytical theory used to present the different behaviours and manners of the character, Dimple Dasgupta.
Research Scholar, Department of English, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi
