THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS: A STORY OF COLONIZED MINDS AND THE SUBSEQUENT IMPACTS OF IMMIGRATION AND WESTERNIZATION

The research paper explores Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss from the perspective of post-colonial parameters. It investigates the pervading neo-colonial or colonized minds of the people living in a village called Kalimpong. It deconstructs the myths of the westernization and blind directions towards the west. Desai exposes colonized state of the people both socially and culturally. Furthermore, Desai shows the pervasive impacts of westernization in the key relationships portrayed in the novel. Therefore, the novel discusses the global issues of the world and shows their hidden and ignored consequences at the local level.