• Goldy Rani

The Namesake (2003) is touching novel by Pulitzer Prize Winner Jhumpa Lahiri (1967- ). There are emotional aspects in this novel that touch the heart of every Indian. The novel very clearly shows the culture differences. It presents the diaspora emotions of the immigrants. They mostly suffer from nostalgia. They don’t forget their mother land. They are forced to adjust in a different culture where many things i.e. language, food and cloths are different. But they have to compromise with the new culture. From the mixing of two cultures a new kind of hybrid culture always comes out. The Namesake is the story of the couple Ashima and Ashoke who leave their mother country in search of better opportunity. But they were not able to forget their mother land and accept the culture of foreign land which raises the toils and turbulences of diaspora.

Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri, diaspora, Ashima, Ashoke, culture differences, immigrants, Hybrid.

"Analyzing the diasporic feelings in the major characters of The Namesake", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.34-39, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907L59.pdf

"Analyzing the diasporic feelings in the major characters of The Namesake", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp34-39, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907L59.pdf