Diasporic Consciousness and Cultural Resilience of Women Characters in the Selected Works of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Abstract

newline Diaspora is a notable topic in contemporary literature. It is connected to newlinealienation, rootlessness, nostalgia, and dislocation of the immigrant from their newlinenative country. It happens because of the disperse of the people from their newlinehomeland, either voluntarily or by force. It usually deals with the emotions of newlineimmigrants. This suffering forces them to search for self and true identity. newlineEspecially Indian women as immigrants in the host land are torn between newlineworlds of homeland and host land. newlineDiasporic writings express the dealings of native culture with the culture newlineof an adopted alien land and bring about changes in the inherited tradition and newlineculture of the immigrant. It is a medium to illuminate the emotional and psychic newlineconsequences of the immigrant and helps in searching for self-identity and self newlinedefinition.