Diasporic Consciousness In Jhumpa Lahiri’s Novel The Namesake

Abstract

     In Indo-English literature, diaspora has always been a big problem. The majority of Indian English Literature fiction authors are based in other countries, but they have never been uprooted from their homeland, hence diaspora is an important part in their work. Jhumpa Lahiri is yet another shining star in Indo-English literature, notably diasporic literature. In the year 2000, she was awarded the renowned Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In this essay, the author discusses diasporic issues, diaspora in indo-English fiction, indo-English diasporic literature, how to distinguish Jumpha Lahiri from other Indian writers working in English, and a comparison between the namesake and the lowland diaspora, as well as cross-cultural identity.

     Her first novel The Namesake is the work of a fine writer. Her first novel, The Namesake, is incredibly engaging, elegant, and lucid, and her second novel, The Lowland, is essentially a narrative about two brothers, but it might easily be a story about ideology, and how it molds the family and ties the lives touched by two brothers.