A study of diasporic elements in the select works of Margaret Atwood, Jhumpa Lahiri and Kiran Desai

After the two world wars and India's independence from British in 1947, English-language writing India has advanced significantly. Since Indian Writing English, as it was once known, significantly with a few countable writers on horizon. There weren't many corpus of works that were produced English language by writers, especially before label changed Indo-Anglian Literature (that named such before) to English. The most recent female authors contribute field literature are Kiran Desai Jhumpa Lahiri, yet their creativity transcends confines gender. They speak an culture experienced social anguish cultural displacement both inside outside own nation result globalisation immigration. express suffering immigrants who have migrated foreign countries filled sentiments loneliness while having no other options for freedom fronts. selection these highly regarded award-winning made variety reasons, including fact they contemporary wide range parallels differences. share lot traits, also naturally vary overt subtle ways. Nonetheless, literary output provide readers is overwhelmingly impressive, give voice world's silent immigrants. present sorrowful, true, stories. For instance, fictional character Biju Desai's novella “Inheritance Loss” heart breaking anecdotes us about his status illegal immigrant how he concealed American Immigration police agents vanishing restaurant through hotel's mouse hole. now tens thousands Bijus living like United States, Germany, France, Canada, Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, etc. Lahiri contrasts lives brothers travelling opposite directions her novel “Lowland”, which poignant emotional depiction State terrorism claims life young man wealthy continue amass ever-increasing wealth at expense poor, live poverty. nominated prestigious Man Booker Prize 2013, sensitive brutal realities society way state uses rural ignorant majority political purposes. handling characters stories calls critical examination creations. Another one well-known writer Margaret Atwood “Surfacing” main subject separation. This established opening chapter, revealed narrator politically dispossessed speaker Quebec period when Québec wanting become independent French-speaking nation. compares human contact animals because she feels cut off people around her. As illustration, thinks animal "at instant trap closes" overhearing David Anna sex. Extremist David, argues Canada would be better without "fascist pig Yanks" advises driven out country assault beavers, face nationalism. researcher opted pick women dissertation result.