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A Study of the Immigrant Experience in the Works of
Jhumpa Lahiri
A. S. Sakthi, M.A., M. Phil.
Dr. R. Venkatraman, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Introduction
The Diaspora writings of the post-colonial writers like V. S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Rohinton Mistry, Amitav Ghosh, Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kiran Desai and many others share a common thread of experience which they register in their works. Migration turns out to be one of the major issues in our contemporary world where two words, �globalization� and �post colonialism�, are continuously questioning the boundaries of national identity. The two worlds namely the �mother land� and the �other land� often lingers in their minds. Even the possibilities of a �floating home�, as advocated by Homi K. Babha, are also explored but they still are associated with the emotional territory of the Diaspora community. They often express their loss of belonging, identity crisis and longing for a mother land. They find themselves living in an alien land, with a threat of attack from the opposite culture, surrounding them perpetually. The roots of these writers point out a simple fact that the travel of people to different countries and intermingling of cultures have become immanent due to globalisation. Even the hybridization of languages and identity has broken the barriers of border and absoluteness of identity. People thus travel from one country to the other has to negotiate with the other culture. Cultural performance generally plays an instrumental role to construct an immigrant's identity.
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A. S. Sakthi, M.A, M.Phil.
Assistant Professor of English
SCSVMV University
Kanchipuram 631561
Tamilnadu
India
Assakthi1959@gmail.com
Dr. R. Venkatraman, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Professor of English
Vels University
P.V. Vaithiyalingam Road
Pallavaram 600117
Tamil Nadu
India
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