Manju Kapur’s ‘Home’: An Exploration of India’s Joint Family Dynamics
Author(s): Dr. Sapna Sharma
Authors Affiliations:
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Amity School of Liberal Arts, Amity University, Haryana
DOIs:10.2015/IJIRMF/202507043     |     Paper ID: IJIRMF202507043Abstract: Manju Kapur’s Home is a story of every home in India. In this novel, she covers the story of daily lives of almost four generations in detail. She presents everything- hopes and aspirations, failures and frustrations, conflict between two generations. Critics, readers and reviewers have shown a great appreciation of her representation of human relationships. In the age, when each writer seems to be preoccupied with modernity, The novel may be labelled as old fashioned, but Kapur’s unique sense of presentation makes it more concerned to contemporary times. The fact is that importance and essence of human relationships and home cannot be denied at any age. A family living under one roof faces so many problems, but the members do not forget the basics of home. They share conflicts and confrontations with delight and overcome all those problems easily. The present paper describes how Manju Kapur’s Home explains the lessons of sacrifice and compromise within the family for the sake of peace and harmony in the home. Kapur’s Home serves as a reflective commentary on the challenges faced by modern Indian families, inviting readers to consider the implications of tradition on personal identity and autonomy.
     ÂDr. Sapna Sharma (2025); Manju Kapur’s ‘Home’: An Exploration of India’s Joint Family Dynamics, International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field, ISSN(O): 2455-0620, Vol-11, Issue-7, Pp. 286-288.     Available on –  https://www.ijirmf.com/