scholarly journals Diaspora and Culture: A Study of Indian Immigration and Integumentary Anxiety in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S12) ◽  
pp. 87-91
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Indian Diaspora ◽  
The People ◽  
Jhumpa Lahiri ◽  
Foreign Land ◽  
Sense Of Identity ◽  
First And Second Generation ◽  
Indian Immigration

This research aims at capturing the sense of identity, loneliness and untold anxiety among the immigrants from the writing of one of the prominent authors writing in English from Indian subcontinent. The Namesake, a well-knit novel by the author Jhumpa Lahiri. The novel “The Namesake” depicts it the best kind of reference to classify Diaspora as the word ‘Diaspora’ as well as its prime role in this present era, the first and second generation who are struggling for identity, loneliness and the most prominent one is integumentry anxiety among them. It is that untold anxiety which the people can’t disclose to anyone. It remains in the very heart of them untold and unexpressed. In fact Jhumpa Lahiri the novelist is child of Indian immigrates and she is also migrated from her birthplace England to America. The effect of both made her Diaspora writer and a migrant one. She mirrored the life of the Indian Diaspora, who are struggling for identity and the integumentary anxiety. They construct unhomely home in the foreign land.

scholarly journals Mapping the Psychological Landscape of the Two Generations of Indian Diaspora in US through the Works of Jhumpa Lahiri

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jagtar Kaur Chawla ◽  
Nidhi Nema
Keyword(s):  
First Generation ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Indian Diaspora ◽  
Indian Origin ◽  
Two Generations ◽  
Jhumpa Lahiri ◽  
Displacement Theory ◽  
First And Second Generation ◽  
The Given ◽  
Hyphenated Identity

<p>Every diasporic study or displacement theory inadvertently leads through an analysis and understanding of its governing forces <em>viz</em> socio-economic factors, culture, milieu etc. so as to arrive at any recognizable pattern of the given diasporic consciousness.</p><p>The first generation Indian diasporic sensibilities, governed majorly by the strong undercurrents of culture and traditions, stick to the natal bonds and cultural identity in foreign lands. These culture-preservation efforts are tested and challenged on several fronts externally. Ironically, the biggest threat is posed by internal agents, the second generation, who being culturally hybridized, find themselves torn between two sensibilities. Intrinsically attached to the American mainstream, they take only peripheral interest in reinforcing the ties with their roots.</p><p>The novels of the internationally acclaimed writer of the Indian origin, Jhumpa Lahiri, traverse through the psychological landscape of the first and second generation Indian immigrants in USA mapping significantly the boundaries and distances between the both. This study makes an attempt to look through Lahiri’s works at the paradigm shift between the two generations, the first generation with its ‘living within the walls’ approach and second generation with its unfixed values. The paper also analyzes the set of ‘C’s- conflicts, clashes, complexities and compromises, with a view to present the dialectics or the process of thesis, antithesis and synthesis involved in the Indian diasporic reality.</p><p><strong>Key Words- </strong>Acculturation, Deculturation, Hyphenated Identity, Hybridization, Paradox of Otherness, Breaking the Stereotypes<strong> </strong></p>

scholarly journals A CRITICAL STUDY OF INDIAN DIASPORA THROUGH THE NAMESAKE BY JHUMPA LAHRI

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Identity Crisis ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Indian Diaspora ◽  
Jhumpa Lahiri ◽  
Education Culture

In this paper researcher does a critical study of the very famous novel Namesake written by Jhumpa Lahiri. In this novel author has endeavoured to describe the mentality of Indians who are in abroad. How they are confronted with the daily issues related to many things like religion, education, culture, belief system, identity crisis and so on. Researcher here has done a critical study of both the movie and the novel and reach the conclusion with the special reference to Indian Diaspora.

scholarly journals Вопросы транскультурности в романе Горана Войновича «Джорджич возвращается» (2021)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
А. Н. Красовец ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Former Yugoslavia ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Past ◽  
Second Generation Immigrants ◽  
Special Place ◽  
Cultural Spaces ◽  
Complex Forms ◽  
Main Protagonist ◽  
First And Second Generation

The novel by Slovenian writer Goran Voinovi ć (1980) “ Đorđić Returns” (2021) is a sequel to the author’s debut novel “Southern Scum Go Home!” (2008), which turned to the life of first and second generation immigrants from the southern republics of the former Yugoslavia in Slovenia, and became a cult book. The author refers to the same characters and their evolution over the past ten years, a special place in the text is given to Bosnia and the life of the main protagonist there. The clash and overlap of different cultural spaces leads to complex forms of transculturalism, which are re flected in the work in the form of various forms of linguistic hybridity, bifurcated, nomadic identity of characters, actualization of the problem of migration as such.

scholarly journals Religious bigotry and military despotism in Olukorede S. Yishau’s In the Name of Our Father

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Nureni
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The People ◽  
Critical Attention ◽  
Intellectual Capacity ◽  
The Masses ◽  
First And Second Generation ◽  
The Military

Although religious bigotry and military tyranny have been overtly delineated by the first and second generation novelists, especially the ones who witnessed the military maladministration in Nigeria, the contemporary Nigerian novelist also attempts to contribute and provide with more resources on the rights of the people and the liberty to be free from the imposition of religious and/or political doctrines that are socially constructed upon the people. In the Nigerian context, religious and political/military despotism are considered to go hand in hand since their ideologies formulate part of the hegemonic, determinist superstructures that push the masses to be at the corner of receiving end. Within Nigeria’s copious output of literature written in English, this paper, using Yishau’s debut novel In the Name of Our Father as a case study, attempts to develop a bird’s eye view of the religious and military issues in Nigerian society. Adopting the praxis of Marxist critical thinking, this paper acknowledges how the author, Yishau, allows his intellectual capacity in the form of a novel to direct his writing in relation to the religious bigotry and military despotism that spearheaded Nigerian society, most significantly in the military regime between 1966 and 1999. The outcome of this paper is that Yishau has accorded a pedigree for himself on the shore of Nigerian novels by leveraging critical attention to unfold the thematic precepts of religious bigotry and military despotism in his first literary, textual appearance.   Keywords: Religious bigotry, military despotism, Nigerian novel.

scholarly journals The Theme of Diaspora in the Novel of Jhumpa Lahiri

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-75
Author(s):  
Ranjeeta Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Generation Gap ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Indian Diaspora ◽  
Old World ◽  
Cultural Displacement ◽  
Jhumpa Lahiri ◽  
East West

The paper on the Indian Diaspora, discussion of multiculturalism in relation to the theme of alienation, identity and multiculturalism in the novel of Jhumpa Lahiri. The term of “Diaspora” is used to refer such people or population to leave their own homeland and settled down to another place which is so far from their own traditional homeland. Jhumpa Lahiri writes about Diaspora and alienation and between the memory of homeland and the new land, the immigrants are in a permanent mental and emotional war between the myth and customs of the old world and; freedom of the new one. In her novel, “The Namesake “(2004), she writes about the generation gap between immigrants, conflict of east-west beliefs nostalgia, cultural displacement loss of identity, alienation and despair.

scholarly journals Diasporic Elements in Amit Chaudhuri’s Odysseus Abroad

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 224-228
Keyword(s):  
Academic Discipline ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Indian Diaspora ◽  
Diaspora Literature ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Female Authors ◽  
Indian Origin ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Literary Figure ◽  
Foreign Land

The present paper has been specifically designed to investigate diasporic elements in the selected novel of Amit Chaudhuri’s Odysseus Abroad. Indian diaspora literature has emerged as an academic discipline in the age of multiculturalism and transnationalism. It has been flourished by Indian origin authors who have migrated in different nations for different reasons. The galaxy of Indian Diaspora literature is enriched by notable male-female authors who have projected the trauma and complexities of abroad life in their fictional works. Amit Chaudhuri is a prestigious literary figure in the modern indian diasporic writing. The novel portrays a saga and suffering of young indian Bengali boy Ananda who migrate to the Oxford University, England to peruse his degree in literature. Ananda face many challenges in newly adopted western culture. Throughout his journey in foreign land, Ananda exhibit different tropical issues like identity crisis, homesickness, displacement, exile and alienation. Odysseus Abroad is a conspicuous diasporic text which represents a painful journey of a young indian student in abroad. The selected novel will be scrutinized from the angle of diaspora literary study

scholarly journals THE PORTRAYAL OF INDIAN BACKDROP IN RUDYARD KIPLING’S KIM: A DIASPORIC PERSPECTIVE

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (37) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhagvanbhai H. Chaudhari
Keyword(s):  
English Literature ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Rural Culture ◽  
Rudyard Kipling ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Indian Diaspora ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Diasporic Literature ◽  
The People ◽  
Set Up

The diasporic literature helps us in understanding various cultures in a broader perspective. Indian Diasporic writing seems a very significant set-up linking the entire world. The Indian Diaspora has attempted to bring astonishing realities located in the Indian rural culture. The European travelers and the orientalists have revitalized the varied culture of India and enriched the English literature through their literary work. Rudyard Kipling lived in India for some years, hence was fully acquainted with the people and entire way of life in India. Kim (1901) by Rudyard Kipling, is a remarkable novel which portrays diverse religions of India, its people and culture. The novel represents a multicolored picture of India viewing its indigenous spirit. It focuses on a life of Kim, a boy of Irish descent, who is orphaned and grows up as a native Indian. Taking into consideration the various facets of the novel, it seems that Kipling generates the realistic portrayal of Indian life. He very honestly depicts the indigenous spirit of Indian backdrop through this novel. This beautiful land itself remains the theme of novel.

scholarly journals Confronting the Immigrant's Truth in Chang Rae Lee's Native Speaker

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-7
Author(s):  
V Vinu
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Native Speaker ◽  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
Korean American ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Hybrid Identity ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Native Culture ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
Foreign Land

Chang Rae Lee’s debut novel Native Speaker talks about a confused second generation immigrant and the continuous trial for understanding his own culture in foreign land. In this paper, the researcher will be discussing about the search of one’s long forgotten native culture by the Korean American, the second generation immigrant in America. Henry, the protagonist finds his identity and the lost culture through the events which happens to him as an immigrant. Being a second generation immigrant, he was lost in the foreign land and slowly he tries to uphold his culture and identity by recognising the importance of both in his life. The confession mode in the spy genre of the novel makes it more amusing for the minority immigrant in America. Although the protagonist is an American born, he too goes through the taunts and never ending questions pertaining to his ethnic origin even from his American wife. To get back his love and to understand his roots, he takes up a search for his self, self identity and cultural identity. This transformation and the hybrid identity will be discussed in the paper.

Trend analysis of Covid-19 cases in Indian subcontinent: Prediction comparison and psycho-social interventions

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Das ◽  
Anjana Bhattacharjee
Keyword(s):  
Trend Analysis ◽  
Psychosocial Support ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Interventions ◽  
Psychotherapeutic Interventions ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which started in December, last year has claimed thousands of life around the world. Utilizing the existing COVID-19 database, this article attempted to compare the status of infection cases and death of the four significantly affected nations of Indian subcontinent (ISC): Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Pakistan with the top 4 affected nations of the world, today. This article is also an attempt to conduct a trend analysis to predict the upcoming cases in exclusively the ISC countries. The results suggest that Pakistan and India should be well prepared in the coming one month. Finally, the needs of psychosocial support and the psychotherapeutic interventions were elucidated to help preserve the mental health of the people in this hour of crisis.

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