Cross- Cultural Conflicts and Diasporic Sensibilities in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Arranged Marriage

Vidhi; Pooja

Authors

Vidhi M.A. (English), M. Phil., UGC-NET, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8024-7203
Pooja Research Scholar, Dept.Of English, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Merrut, pr21847@gmail.com

Keywords:

Culture, Diasporic Identity, Immigrant, Nostalgia, Women

Abstract

Aim: The primary goal of this paper is to define the essential aspect of migration in order to highlight the suffering and difficulties that immigrants encounter by comprehending the meaning of the term "Diaspora" in Citra Banerjee Divakaruni's collection of short stories, Arrange marriage. The anthology features numerous diasporic expressions that the female characters must deal with. They discovered that they were caught between traditional and modern values, experiencing alienation, identity crisis, and cultural clash.

Methodology and Approach: A detailed reading of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's collection of short stories served as the research methodology. As part of her research, the author has consulted both primary and secondary materials. Qualitative literary analysis of Arranged Marriage is used in this study. The purpose of the paper is to investigate how migration affects the construction of identity using textual analysis supported by secondary sources.

Outcomes: As the research found that, the story collection Arranged Marriage attempts to portray the lives of female characters who are caught between the worlds of the East and the West. They are having difficulty identifying as neither American nor Indian.

Conclusions and Suggestion: The present study focuses on the main idea of this story collection is that the native tradition always peeps through the live of these women characters unable them to cope with in alien culture, leaving them with a sense of nostalgic pain. The voice for these underrepresented women has emerged in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Arranged Marriage.

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Author Biographies

Vidhi, M.A. (English), M. Phil., UGC-NET, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

Vidhi is a self-contained scholar. She currently resides in Karnal, Haryana. She received her education from the Board of School Education, Haryana. She grabbed the Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship from the Board of School Education, Haryana, for her excellent performance in the senior secondary examination. She earned her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She has completed her M.Phil. from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She has qualified the UGC-NET exam thrice. Her critical studies include Diasporic Studies and Cultural Studies, Indian Literature, and Gender Studies. She has presented seminar papers at national and international seminars.

Pooja, Research Scholar, Dept.Of English, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Merrut, pr21847@gmail.com

Pooja Rani is a research scholar at Chaudhary Charan Singh University. She has completed her graduation, post-graduation, and M.Phil. from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. Her interests include Indian Literature, American Literature, LGBTQ Studies, and Gender Studies.