Inside Lives: A Psychoanalytic Study of Ruskin Bond’s Short Stories

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Inside Lives: A Psychoanalytic Study of Ruskin Bond’s Short Stories is an analysis and intra-psychic interpretation of the unique and enigmatic inner world of the characters that inhabit Ruskin Bond’s short stories. The insights derived at in this endeavour are in the complex terms of different defense mechanism such as rationalisation, fantasy, projection, withdrawal, identification, negativism, displacement, and many others which help to understand andgrasp the minds of his characters, and theirbehaviors and attitudes.

The book offers an incisive analysis that enriches the glimpse into the mind of the author, his views on the female psyche, on relationships, and on his own life.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Savita Singh

Dr. Savita Singh has her education in Jaipur and Delhi. She took her Ph.D. in Gandhian Studies from the Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Keenly involved in Gandhian Constructive Programme, she joined Gandhian Constructive Programme, she joined Gandhi Smrit and Darshan Samiti, Delhi in 1988. Her special interest lies in working amongst the women and children from the underprivileged segment. She has edited several publications of the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti and contributed articles in journals and newspapers on Gandhi and related issues.