Open AccessCultural Conflicts in Chitra Banerjee's Arraned Marriage
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.d1031.1284s419
Subject(s) - diaspora , expatriate , homeland , belongingness , arranged marriage , feeling , alienation , gender studies , population , immigration , history , stateless protocol , sociology , media studies , psychology , political science , law , social psychology , demography , computer network , archaeology , politics , network packet , computer science
Literally ‘Diaspora’ means ‘to scatter’ or dispersion, It refers to the loss of homeland, a shift of population from one locale to another. The expatriate writer undergoes the pain of homelessness, alienation and a sense of belongingness. The old memories keep on hovering in the mind of expatriate writers. The new land and unfriendly neighbourhood lead to the feeling of frustration and depression. There are so many Indian English writers can be recognized under the umbrella of diaspora: Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, V.S.Naipaul, Rohinton Mistry, HanifKureishi, Bharati Mukherjee, JhumpaLahiri, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni etc. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian born American settled author. Her works are mostly set in India and the United States. She has also focussed on the experiences of South Asian immigrants. Her debut short story collection Arranged Marriage won an American Book Award in 1995. The paper highlights how the Indian born women encounter the difficulties and knots in their new lives in America through the short story collection Arranged Marriage.