Cross-Cultural Issues In Nadeem Aslam’s Maps For Lost Lovers

Abstract

Life in the English nation Dash E Tanhai is reflected in Nadeem Aslam’s Maps For Lost Lovers. The novel, framed by diasporic concerns, reflects on the plight of women caught between the competing legal systems of their homeland, their adopted country, and their religion. This thesis intends to research the female characters in Maps for Lost Lovers and reveal the internal struggle that prevents them from defining who they are within a multicultural setting. The study’s overarching goal is to demonstrate the impact of legal diversity on women by highlighting the cross-cultural milieu generated by a patchwork of different laws and rules. The study aims to follow the competing selves of the two female characters, Kaukab and Surayya, who have no clear focal point.