Analysis Of Illusion And Existential Problems In Arun Joshi’s The Foreigner

Abstract

The purpose of this research paper is to analyze how Arun Joshi adds a new dimension to the genre of Indian fiction in English by introducing the theme of alienation in his novels. His fictional world is characterized by the alienation of the individual, shown through a crisis of the self in an emotionally disturbed environment.   The story is about a young man called Sindi Oberoi who has twice removed from his country of birth. Since he has no strong bondage and he calls himself an alien. This term is an apt one both physically as well as metaphorically like Hemingway’s American hero fighting in the Italian battle in A Farewell to Arms, Sindi Oberoi in The Foreigner, an Indian Kenyan who returns to India after many years in the West, lacks involvement in the life he heads. At the end his wish to achieve tranquility, non attachment turns out to be a self – delusion.