DIASPORIC DILEMMA, NOSTALGIA, AND IDENTITY ACQUISITION

Author Name: R Abarna

Volume/Issue: 02/12

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/06.2022-94119226/UIJIR

Affiliation:

M A Graduate, G. Venkataswamy Naidu College, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India 

ABSTRACT

The present study is based on the analysis of the diaspora and nostalgia, which as the main theme of the characters in two selective stories such as “When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine and The Third and Final Continent in the short story collection “Interpreter of Maladies “by award-winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri. The post begins with a short introduction to the diaspora, Jhumpa Lahiri, and the book. ,” Interpreter of Maladies” (Published 1999) The introduction comes in definition of the two stories as When Mr. Pirzada came to dinner and The third and Final Continent as Tales from the Main Study of the Work. A brief summary of the stories are happening one after another with an outline of aspects such as Diaspora, war, secularism, own identity, time, advancement of science and technology as the factor influencing the imposition releted of cultural of changes characters like Lilia and her immigrant parents along with Mr. Pirzada in When Mr. Pirzada came to dinner and the characters of the narrator and his wife Mala history the third and last continent. Then the newspaper is closed with Lahiri's message of life and its challenges for the reader and paints a contemporary picture that is in Relationship with the current scenario around the world.

Key words: culture replacement, becoming something, nostalgia