Nostalgia in Imaginary Homeland

Exploring Nostalgia and Identity in Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Namesake'

Abstract

The memories of homeland and the life in another district have upset the immigrants both regarding characterizing cultural identity and likewise to absorb into another space. Writers who have left their homeland for settlements abroad have voiced this new experience. The key concern fundamental this diasporic writing is the quest for home. Gotten between clashing societies, the foreigner writers regularly abide upon the themes of dislocation, survival and loss of identity. The sentiment of nostalgia is increased if the writer happens to be a hued migrant in a dominatingly white society. Henceforth, the writers consistently have the double sentiment of the feeling of ponder and experience at seeing the new landscape and at the same time the nostalgia for the world deserted. Distance could be best comprehended regarding the identity emergency and the survival instinct of people and additionally the country overall. As a writer of Indian diaspora in America, Jhumpa Lahiri investigates the themes like dislocation, dislodging and identity. This Article is study based on understanding the Nostalgia in Imaginary Homeland in Jhumpa Lahiri's 'Namesake'.