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Title of the Research Paper
The Changing Identity of Female
Diaspora: A Reading of Jhumpa Lahiri's
The Namesake
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JHUMPA LAHIRI
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Lahiri’s Writings
Interpreter of Maladies The Namesake Unaccustomed Earthl
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Jhumpa Lahiri
Born in London 1967 to Bengali parents
Raised in New York
Based in Brooklyn, NYC
Winner of the 2000 Booker Prize forInterpreter of Maladies
Pens down the experiences of immigrants.
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Objectives of the Research Paper :
To explore the images of Indian Diaspora
Women in Lahiri‟s text The Namesake.
To discover whether contemporary diasporaDiscourse opposes the traditional
diaspora writings.
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Hypothesis
Lahiri, in her writing, seems to subvert the
typical image of Indian diaspora women
as portrayed in the traditional Diaspora
discourse.
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Reasons for Immigration / Migration
GlobalizationMultiethnic, multicultural & multiracial societies-
result of opportunities offered by the New
Horizons.
Attraction for „Greener Pastures‟ the new land
offers.
Desire for the „liberal world‟ in the European
countries.Forced Immigration especially in case of Indian
women.
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Contemporary Diaspora Writers
Bharati Mukherjee
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Bapsi Sidhawa
Kiran Desai
Jhumpa Lahiri etc.
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Theme of the traditional Diaspora
Discourse
Nostalgia
Feeling of Isolation
Identity Conflict
Failure / success in assimilation
Socio-cultural conflict
Language barrier
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Main Characters in “The Namesake”
Ashoke Ganguli & Ashima Ganguli
Gogol Ganguli Sonia Ganguli
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Ashima‟s Life in The States
Feels nostalgic, alone
faces language, socio-cultural barriers.
Gradually accepts the culture of „West‟.
Gets acquainted with the surrounding /
people/ language of the „adopted land‟.
Accepts a job at library, creates hernetwork of friends.
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Continued
Confronts to the sudden & sad demise of
Ashoke.
Ashima throughout her life wishes to
come back to her „Home Land‟.
After the death of Ashoke she has the
option open to come back to India.
However, Ashima chooses to shuffle in
between the States & India.
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View of a Critic
“The Namesake is a documentary of
immigrants' lives who feel displaced,
alienated, and homesick, floating in an
anonymous island, far away from thehomeland”(Rana Sujata)?????
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Conclusion
It seems that contemporary women
„willingly‟accepting the states of being
diaspora or acquiring the transnational
identity on their own.
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