Migration and Identity Transformation in Bharati Mukherjee’s novel Jasmine

Volume 2 Issue 1 Winter Edition 2022

Abstract

Aim: This research article exposes the aspects of diaspora writings. Diasporic Literature or immigrant literature is generally referred to the literary work done by immigrants. Migration has become a universal phenomenon in GLOBALIZATION. Immigrants are those people who come to live permanently in a foreign land and play a significant role in this process. A diaspora is a group of people who are living away from their original homeland and share common experiences. There is a significant place for diasporic Indian English fiction in portraying mainly the Indian diaspora in a wide Span. Methodology/Approach: Through this novel Jasmine, Bharati Mukherjee explores the feminist consciousness. In the novel, Bharati Mukherjee employs a women-centered approach that deals with the experience and situation of the protagonist. Outcome: Diasporic literature focuses Mainly on themes like discrimination, cultural shock and reverse Cultural shock, problems in adjustment and assimilation, orientalism, Identity crisis, alienation and displacement, dilemma, depression, hybridity, and generational gap. Manifestations of Diaspora in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine” attempts to reveal a distinctive approach to the expatriate hood as an ethereal experience of exile and explores manifestations of diaspora through the protagonist’s search for identity and transformation in the novel Jasmine. Diasporic Indian English fiction is an important genre depicting the experiences and mentalities of the Indian diaspora in a broad sense. It makes space for discussions about Indian immigrants and offers emotional security to that particular diaspora. Conclusion: Being the representatives of the Indian Diaspora, diasporic female Indian writers are successful in furthermore, diasporic Indian English fiction keeps their writers linked with India and the entire world. Identity and transformation in Bharati Mukherjee’s novel ‘Jasmine’ explore diasporic manifestation. Diasporic Indian English literature in the