Jhumpa Lahiri

Cultural Hybridity in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies The ancient people formed many groups according to the evironmental situation and lived different places that groups are distinguished from one another. Each particular group of people produced some norms and values according to their own geographical places, habits, customs and duties. These norms are shared by one generation to another generations people, which is a system of shared and learned behaviour acquired and followed by…

In Richard Wright’s novel Black Boy and in Jhumpa Lahiri’s collection of short stories Interpreter of Maladies, the characters are many times alienated from society due to race, religion, cultural differences and even because of their health. However throughout each case of isolation, readers can clearly see how specific societies behaved. Throughout Richard Wright’s account of his life from the South to the North, Wright’s perspective and isolation helps readers to better understand the…

ABSTRACT Jhumpa Lahiri is a widely acclaimed Diaspora writer who has written many short stories and novels about Indian Diaspora. The basic themes of her writings are immigrant experiences, first and second generation gap, alienation, cultural conflicts etc. Primarily considered to be a diaspora writer her works have been analysed through various diasporic theories and a lot of studies have been done on her works having such themes till now. But being a female herself she has also maintained her…

To me Jhumpa Lahiri’s story about her struggle to mingle into American society, coming from an Indian background, is very much similar. To really experience and to get know what she felt like one should really have been through that and been to places where no one is concerned about your existence. Well, if you ask me, I have been through it many times and every time I got into that situation, it felt like I was doomed and was on the cusp of choking myself for some reason. I bet, growing up,…

that he would continue their Bengali heritage by keeping their practices alive and marrying a Bengali, however Gogol is reluctant to do so. Gogol changes his name, but he still feels as if he is truly not who he should be. In The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Gogol experiences a cultural identity crisis, which is displayed in his lifestyle and personality. Early in Gogol 's life, he has an identity crisis. At six months,…

Imagine setting up a new house and finding artifacts from another religion. In the story “This Blessed House” by Jhumpa Lahiri that is exactly what happens. The attitudes that Sanjeev and Twinkle have towards the Christian trinkets show their incongruities and highlight the differences in Sanjeev and Twinkle’s perspectives and the differences in their attitudes In the beginning Lahiri does a good job of setting up the incongruities of the couple’s relationship. A Hindu couple, Sanjeev and…

You Are What You Eat The award-winning novelist, Jhumpa Lahiri, centers her writings on the theme of identity negotiation. Her characters are often immigrants to the United States, who struggle to preserve their own identity in their adopted home. Her writings are characterized by an omnipresent image of food consumption and rituals of cooking. Food represents cultures. By consuming certain kinds of food, we human beings mark our membership of a particular community conforming ourselves…

ceilings, and few small windows around the room, the feeling overall was that of open natural light. The altar consists of three dome like cutouts in the wall that hold 6 gold frames, containing from left to right the images of Babaji (Lahiri Mahasaya’s guru), Lahiri Mahasaya, Jesus, Krishna, Paramahansa Yogananda, and Sri Yukteswar. Six tall candles sit in front of the pictures on a mantle that also has gold accent. A beautiful flower arrangement sits on a table in the front of the altar, and…

Jhumpa Lahiri is an accomplished American born, Bengali author who wrote many well-known successful short stories. She began to admire books and writing at a young age, but was not privileged enough to have her own collection. As we explore Jhumpa Lahiri's works, "Trading Stories" and the novel "The Namesake" which is now a motion picture, Lahiri's core values are displayed. Her value of belonging is what drives her to be a writer. This value is displayed in “The Namesake” as Gogol strives to…

dimensions of diaspora literature with reference to Jhumpa lahiri’s The Namesake. Key words: Socio-Psychological, Cultural disparities, Alienation, Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake, Gogol. Socio-Psychological dynamics of cultural disparities in Jhumpa Lahiri’s namesake. Jhumpa Lahiri, who won the Pulitzer Prize in the year 2000 for her Interpreter of Maladies, is a brilliant novelist. Her first novel The Namesake forms the basis of the present study. Lahiri has the first-hand experience to…