Psychoanalytic Study of Suvidha in Prof. Vikas Sharma's Ashes and Fire ______________________________________________________________

The present research article is an attemptto study the main character, Suvidha from the perspective of Psychoanalysis in the novel, Ashes and Fire by Prof. Vikas Sharma. Psychoanalysis is a means to examine and investigate the mind, anxiety, desire or behaviour of a character and his/her consequent actions. Prof.Vikas Sharma possesses a unique ability to create unique characters in his fiction writings. His characters become familiar people no sooner the reader begins reading his novels. Through his characters, Prof. Vikas Sharma is able to depict the keen understanding of human nature. The literary giants be it Virginia Woolf, Marcel Proust, James Joyce, D.H Lawrence, Albert Camus, Dorothy Richardson, Chinua Achebe, Anita Desai and many morehave been successful in portraying artistically the psyche and unconscious working of the mind of their protagonists in their respective literary works. Similarly Suvidha, the protagonist of Ashes and Fire by Prof. Vikas Sharma is presented in conflict with the social order and traditional norms of society. While dealing with the novel the readers get an insight into her inner self who faces an inner conflict because of the clash between her own romantic ideals and traditional norms of society. The objective of the present research article is to study and analyze the nature of the main protagonist of the novel, Ashes and Fire in light of the Psychoanalysis. This is an attempt to interpret the main character, her behaviour and her consequent actions. In this way the paper will delineate the human psyche and the protagonist’s motives in the novel.