HUMAN RELATIONS IN THE NAMESAKE OF JHUMPALAHIRI
Author Name: Dr. Vandna Kaul
Volume: 01 & Issue:
Country: India
DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: http://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/01.2021-92344994/UIJIR
Affiliation:
- Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (Haryana), India
ABSTRACT
The Namesake (2003), first novel of JhumpaLahiri, is a search for identity and true-self of Ashoke and Gogol, the father and the son. The problems and complications of both obviously bring the existential dilemma in their life, that is, the dilemma of to be their authentic self, which they are not when the story begins. Ashoke at a narrow escape in a train-accident decides, as advised by Ghosh, a fellow traveller, to leave India facing death and failure in the land of his birth.
Key words: Existential dilemma, inauthenticity, to be, self, being-in, bad -faith.
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