• Dr.S Subbammal @ Kala
• Mrs. Shanthi Kumari Pushpa

Being an immigrant to the American Countries, the female protagonists of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, struggle to overlook the culture and habits they follow in native country. This paper aims to trace the displacement of Mrs. Dutta from “Mrs. Dutta writes a letter” , Mira from The Intelligence of the Wild Things, Radhika from The Blooming Season for Cacti and Ruchira from The Unknown Errors of Our Lives. It analyzes Diasporic consciousness like alienation, rootlessness, loneliness, and nostalgia. Divakaruni in the short stories clearly reflects the immigrant experience that comes out of the immigrant settlement. All these characters tried to scrutinize and re-evaluate the tradition and culture of their homelands in an alien environment. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, an Indian born American author focuses on the experience of South Asian immigrants. Though she began her writing career as a poet, she wrote short stories and novels. The Palace of Illusions, a re-telling of the Indian epic- The Mahabharata from Draupathi’s perspective made her a National Best-Seller in India. She was the recipient of American Book Award and Pushcart Prize for her short story collections. The paper analyses the female character of the four stories, “Mrs. Dutta writes a letter”, “The Intelligence of the Wild Things”, “The Blooming Season for Cacti” and The Unknown Errors of Our Lives and how they face the problems of cultural contradictions.

Cultural Diaspora, Displacement, Cultural Identity, Alienation, Loneliness and Nostalgia.

"CULTURE SPECIFIC CONFLICT IN ALIEN LAND PORTRAYED IN CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI’S THE UNKNOWN ERRORS OF OUR LIVES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no.h154-h156, March-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303725.pdf

"CULTURE SPECIFIC CONFLICT IN ALIEN LAND PORTRAYED IN CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI’S THE UNKNOWN ERRORS OF OUR LIVES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no. pph154-h156, March-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2303725.pdf