Diaspora and Nostalgia: A Study of Bharati Mukherjee

Abstract

Diaspora is defined as the dispersal of any people from their traditional native land. Diaspora can be expressed as an umbrella term that includes a variety of connotations such as migration, expatriation, banishment, and exile. Diasporic themes are reflected in the works of many famous writers such as nostalgia, identity crisis, culture- clash, transnationalism, hybridity, third space, assimilation, alienation, and conflicting attitude to home and host. Nostalgia is a sentimental memory of a former place, culture, time, or recall of experiences. It is desire to return or persistent thinking of a former home, time, family, and friends in one’s life. The objective of this paper is to highlight diasporic consciousness in Bharati Mukherjee’s novels.