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@article{193337,
        author = {Sobigaa YT II MA English and Dr D Anandhi Assistant Professor in English},
        title = {Ties That Don't Bind: Secure and Avoidant Attachments in Kavitha Kane's Sita's Sister},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {117-123},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=193337},
        abstract = {Myths are antique tales that have always shaped our beliefs, culture and creativity. Sita’s Sister’s novel by Kavita Kane is a retelling of the Ramayana as seen by Urmila who has been a neglected princess in the epic but has never gotten her fair share of the limelight. Her relationship with Lakshman is one of the most interesting parts of this retelling as the ideas of duty, sacrifice, and feelings repression are deeply ingrained into it. Although the Ramayana glorifies the devotion shown by Lakshman to Ram as a great virtue, Sita's Sister points out the silent emotional sufferings that Urmila suffers those fourteen years in exile as a result of their relationship. The paper critically analyzes the nature of their relationship as based on attachment theory. It stresses on the face-off between marital love and dharma and how the devotion of Lakshman towards his brother Ram results in deprivation of emotions in the course of his marriage, and the love of Urmila turns into loyalty, strength, and sacrifice which is unseen. This analysis will show how Urmila redefines marital strength in silence rather than rebellion and tends toward emotional maturity rather than bitterness while experiencing trauma and desertion. According to the current study, the development of their relationship is not a story of duty and marriage but rather of the emotional labour that patriarchal society expects of women in both mythology and daily life.},
        keywords = {Sita’s Sister, Kavita Kane, Attachment Theory, Secure Attachment, Avoidant Attachment, Emotional Trauma, Feminist Revision, Mythology.},
        month = {March},
        }