The novel is basically a crittique of marriage and family in indian context.Deshpande in fact questions the institution of love and marriage.the married couple compared to bullokes yoked together.so the very simily reflect the fact that man and woman joined together for practical purposes to share the burden in a mechanical manner.The love or emotion between the person is not a matter of concern at all The happy contented family on the advertisement visual was only as. Illusion or dream.jaya found family life unendurable with the boredom of the unchanging pattern, the unending monotony.marriege is a carrier for jaya.she is repeatedly reminded by her elders, a husband is like a sheltering tree, So naturally without the tree, Youre dangerously unprotected and vulnerable.This follwed logically and so you have to keep the three alive and flourishing, even if you have to water it with deciet and lies.This gives dominating power of man and the wife becomes marginalised other