'INSANITY' IN SHASHI DESHPANDE'S SHIPS THAT PASS

The present paper titled Insanity' in Shashi Deshpande's Ships That Passtries to discuss the psychic disturbance of a married woman caused due to the infidelity of her husband. Woman and madness seem to be synonymous in the male dominated society. They are emotionally fragile and prone to the mental problems. 'Madness' is the height of depression caused due to the deprivation of psychological, social or financial help. It is sometimes never identified and never cured like physical problems as if mind is not connected to the body. Moreover madness is extremely stigmatized in our society. Shashi Deshpande is a virtuoso in exploring the great mystery of the human psyche. Ships That Pass is a suspense thriller novel which revolves round a marriage where a couple hide themselves in silence. Usha KR rightly opines “Shashi Deshpande uses the tool kit of the crime novel to take us into literary heartland- the complexity, the impossibility even, of human communication.”