LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 9 September 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine - A Study

Ms. A. Umadevi, M.A., M.Phil.

Some Themes of Diaspora Literature in Indian Writing in English

Diasporic literature has made a significant contribution to Indian Writing in English by its rich exposure to multiculturalism. The spirit of exile and alienation enriches the diasporic writers to seek rehabilitation in their writings and establish a permanent place in the mind of readers. Diasporic literature addresses issues such as identity, culture, hybridity, nationality, home, homelessness and binary categories like self/other, insider/outsider and margin/center.

The eminent writers of Indian Diaspora are Bharati Mukherjee, Rohinton Mistry, Salman Rushdie, V.S. Naipaul, Jumpa Lahiri, Uma Parameswaran and Vikram Seth. They have been discussing several issues concerning their homelands and the land in which they live in their works.

Bharati Mukherjee’s Works

As a writer of Diaspora, Mukherjee’s novels and short stories express the nomadic impulses of Indians, who in their deliberate search for materially better life migrate to the west and consequently face tensions of adaptations and assimilation. As a novelist, she has clearly stated her aim in her novels as, “My aim is to expose Americans to the energetic voices of new settlers in this country”. (qtd. in Inamdar 39). Mukherjee is at her best in the depiction of cross-cultural conflicts and shows how her characters take control over their destinies. Many of her stories are “about Psychological transformation, especially among women” (qtd. in Connell 1990: 15)

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Ms. A. Umadevi, M.A., M.Phil.
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