Diasporical Experiences of Gauri in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland
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https://doi.org/10.61841/at337w65Keywords:
Jhumpa lahari, The Lowland, Diasporical experienceAbstract
This paper tends to analyze the experiences of Gauri in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland. Loneliness is camouflaged throughout the novel. The main protagonists discussed in this paper are Gauri and Bela. It explores how one’s past affects oneself as well as the offspring. In this novel, it analyzes why and how Gauri is affected and how she affects Bela. How they both try to create an identity of their own. In a new place, the perspective of a woman is different from that of a man. The author has talked about the irony of freedom through Gauri. It is a clash between freedom from social stigma or from the imaginary bonds of mind, heart, and soul. The author has juxtaposed India and Rhode Island in the lowlands.
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