A study on Unpleasant Condition of Women in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake

Diasporic writing holds a prominent position between nations and cultures. The authors reside on the periphery of two nations. The search for identity, uprooting and rerouting, nostalgia, a sense of estrangement from society, a sense of discrimination, a sense of loneliness, etc. are the main characteristics of diasporic works. They make an effort to adapt and integrate into the new society, but they have trouble doing so entirely and wholeheartedly. The diasporic group may, at last, experience discrimination. Indian English authors like Jhumpa Lahiri, Bharathi Mukherjee, Amitav Ghosh, and Anita Desai have all found a home in diasporic literature. One of the preeminent female writers in Indian English literature is Jhumpa Lahiri, an American by immigration, British by birth, and Indian by descent. Lahiri is intrigued by a sizable segment of the Indian new generation because she is an immigrant. Americans are known for their customs, morals, and interpersonal interactions. They also respect family and how it binds a person to his country. As a detached spectator of the daily activities in the lives of her characters, Lahiri, a dispassionate recorder of the lives in a global society, continues to write. Her immigrant characters exhibit dual vision and self-aggrandize in a bicultural setting. Her writings depict the various difficulties that Indians who have immigrated to America confront. In her book The Namesake, she contrasts the experiences of two generations of expatriates: Ashoke and Ashima, who are resistant to Americanization, and Gogol and Sonia, who feel a need to fit in.