SENSE OF BELONGINGNESS IN INDIAN-ENGLISH DIASPORIC WRITINGS

Diasporic writers exhibit the sense of belongingness in their writings since whenever a person migrates to another country or place, first thing he faces that is geographical conditions which are generally different from his/her own coutnry or native place. Then come the problems of language, culture, traditions, living style and sensibility which differ from his/her own soicety. But these are not the only tough things which one has to face or adjust in another environment but one has also to adjust with the local political milieu of the the new land. Apart from these things in many coutnries the issue of racial discrimination also exists which makes the assimilation of an immigrant tougher in other lands. In addition to it the feeling of nostalgia and sense of belongingness also haunt the mind of an immigrant. The present paper focuses this sense of belongingness and identity criss in the writings of diasporic writers such as Jhumpa Lahiri, Bharati Mukherjee and Rohinton Mistry.