• RESHMI RAVINDRAN P

Nadeem Aslam’s Maps For Lost Lovers reflects the life of migrant settlers in an English land named Dash E Tanhai. Set with in the framework of diasporic issues, the novel reflects the condition of women who are torn between the clutches of multiple laws, as offered by their home land, new land and religion. The present paper proposes to have a study on the woman characters in Maps For Lost Lovers and expose the conflicting psyche which haunts them from framing their own space and identity with in a transcultural scenrio. By focussing on the transcultural atmosphere attributed by multiple laws and rule, the study aim to show the effect of diverse laws in woman. The paper mainly focuses on two women characters Kaukab and Surayya and intends to trace their conflicting self as they lack a fixed centre.

Transculturalism,Existential crisis,ex-centric,identity crisis

"TRANSCULTURAL EXISTENTIAL DILEMMA IN NADEEM ASLAM’S MAPS FOR LOST LOVERS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.775-778, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808869.pdf

"TRANSCULTURAL EXISTENTIAL DILEMMA IN NADEEM ASLAM’S MAPS FOR LOST LOVERS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp775-778, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808869.pdf