Diasporic Literature in Indian English Writing: A Perspective

Abstract

A home away from home: a lone wish in Diaspora Literature? With reference to this question, the paper attempts to understand the term diaspora by studying the characteristic features and significance of expatriate writings. It also shares an exhaustive contribution of the Diaspora to Indian writing in English. The literature empirically seeks an answer to the question of identity by diving deep into Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake. It is also an earnest quest to examine and understand the conflicting ideologies between first-generation vs second-generation settlers and the characters’ journey of the self by means of dialectical thinking. After critically analyzing the writers of this genre, it concludes in striking a balance between the two cultures and their countries, since there is no possibility of reconciliation between the twain.