Identity Crisis: An Analysis of V. S Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas
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The Indian diasporic writings de signate the multi-cultural space of immigrants and extend a genre of a divergent Indian cultural discourse which depicts their struggles The concept of rootlessnes dislocation fragmented thoughts and memories of homeland and their longing to go back to their motherland all could be the theme of disporic writings The diasporic writers or immigrant writers stand in-between two cultural scenarios in the process of moving from one culture to another and the same dual culture drives a wedge between the nation and the self Even though they are profoundly associated with their hereditary customs traditions language and religion they also focus on alienation hybridisation marginalization and local community life from the margins T he diasporic writers are trapped in-between two cultures and the readers of both Western and Indian contemplate the west-centric vision and cultural validity of India respectively in the present scenario of literary narratives in the existence The complexity in the dislocations of immigrant writers contemplating their memories of their mother land the breakup of their family relationship their homelessness cultural myths intensified the question of identity in their life which they continued living in an alien environment
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