The word Diaspora refers to the people migrated from one country and settled down in another country. Originally a Greek term Diaspora means Scattering or dispersal, associated with the dispersal of Jewish people from their original land, and it has also a sinister connection aspect. Robin Cohen describes it, ‘’ Diaspora signified a collective trauma, banishment, where one dreamed of home but lived in exile’’ (9). Thus with reference to Greeks, Americans and Jewish people Diaspora migration was ancient migration. In the modern period the term has gained significance after 1970 especially in postcolonial period though migration has been a wide phenomenon during the colonial period, which was marked by the mobility of goods and people. In the
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The diasporic community characterized by the above feature, negotiate their living conditions in the land of migration as they differ from the native people, in respect of class, race, ethnicity, gender and religion. They struggle to preserve their identity and ethnicity and also are eager to join the mainstream population of the land of migration. These struggles and experiences are best represented in the literature they produce, since creative writing is a mode of assertion of one’s own identity and recognition. Jasbir Jain’s apt observation proves the point here as she …show more content…
The diasporic home is a centre of debate as it leads to the question of diasporic identity and feelings of homelessness, alienation, desire for assimilation and acceptance etc. Analysed in the light of the above theoretical position, Divakaruni fiction offers interesting and genuine insights into the Indian diasporic life in the west. Diaspora is an important topic to be related with the alienated, rootless, dislocated immigrants from their native homeland. In the study of cultural movements it refers to a loss of homeland, a shifting population from one locale to another. The expatriate Indian English Literature is deeply rooted in the geographical culture and cultural ethos. The expatriate Indian creative writer, Divakaruni is interested in focusing the real characters of Indian- born men and women, their culture and traditional
The diasporic community characterized by the above feature, negotiate their living conditions in the land of migration as they differ from the native people, in respect of class, race, ethnicity, gender and religion. They struggle to preserve their identity and ethnicity and also are eager to join the mainstream population of the land of migration. These struggles and experiences are best represented in the literature they produce, since creative writing is a mode of assertion of one’s own identity and recognition. Jasbir Jain’s apt observation proves the point here as she …show more content…
The diasporic home is a centre of debate as it leads to the question of diasporic identity and feelings of homelessness, alienation, desire for assimilation and acceptance etc. Analysed in the light of the above theoretical position, Divakaruni fiction offers interesting and genuine insights into the Indian diasporic life in the west. Diaspora is an important topic to be related with the alienated, rootless, dislocated immigrants from their native homeland. In the study of cultural movements it refers to a loss of homeland, a shifting population from one locale to another. The expatriate Indian English Literature is deeply rooted in the geographical culture and cultural ethos. The expatriate Indian creative writer, Divakaruni is interested in focusing the real characters of Indian- born men and women, their culture and traditional