SUBLIMATION – A STUDY OF DEFENSE MECHANISM THROUGH AMULYA MALLADI’S SERVING CRAZY WITH CURRY

Abstract

Amulya Malladi is one of the most popular prolific writers of Indian Diaspora. In her third novel Serving Crazy with Curry (2004), she discusses the psyche of Devi, the protagonist who is inflicted with the obsessive thought of suicidal. She is maladjusted due to the unreasonable hatred for her mother and the influence of the American culture where she is living at present. She has lost the control of her life and becomes a failure as a percussion of her waywardly life in the USA. She is haunted by the thoughts of suicidal and commits suicide. But her mother rescues her in the last minute. This article discusses how Devi recuperates from her harmful feelings applying the defense mechanism Sublimation unconsciously and becomes an expert cook.