Diasporic Consciousness: A study of longing and alienation of migrants in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake and The Lowland

Authors

  • Dr. Nancy Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Physical Education, CT University, Ludhiana
  • Suman Rani Ph.D Scholar, School of Humanities and Physical Education, CT University, Ludhiana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2024.v09.n11.003

Keywords:

Diaspora, Longing, Alienation, Immigrants, Identity

Abstract

This paper aims at exploring Jhumpa Lahiri’s novels The Namesake and The Lowland to make it visible that how the sense of longing and alienation can create different world and therefore, conflicting frame of mind for homeland. This paper expresses the fundamental ideology of immigrants. The cultural conflict between the east and the west is making situation more complicating to adapt the new social set up and assimilating the life style of the west. Lahiri’s works expresses the sense of being uprooted from motherland and always-showing quest for identity and belongingness.

References

Baumann, Martin. Diaspora: Genealogies of Semantics and Transcultural Comparison. London: Verso, 2000.Print.

Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake. New Delhi: Harper Collins, 2004.

------------------ The Lowland. New Delhi: Random House, 2013.

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Published

20-11-2024

How to Cite

Nancy, & Rani, S. (2024). Diasporic Consciousness: A study of longing and alienation of migrants in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake and The Lowland. RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary, 9(11), 18–20. https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2024.v09.n11.003

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Vol. 9 No. 11 (2024): RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary

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