• Dr.A.Venkateshkumar

“Diaspora” is an emerging word in any literature of the world. The Diasporic writers mainly talk about the problems and possibilities engendered through the experience of migrancy and diasporic life of the people. Diaspora gains tremendous popularity among the lovers of literature. “Diaspora”, the word was borrowed from the Greek word diaspeiro that means scattering or dispersion of the people from their own homeland to the different parts of the world. The Greeks first used the term Diaspora for the movements of the Jews away from their home land. In the present scenario, the term Diaspora is applied to a number of ethnic and racial groups, living in an alien land. Indian Diaspora Bharati Mukherjee’s gave different Diasporas from different parts of the world through her novels. Mukherjee’s novel Wife gives a perfect picture of an ideal wife in the beginning and act of violence at the end of the novel. The novel gives nearly four references to the Mythical Goddess Sita who is considered to be the ideal wife in Hindu Mythology.

Sita, Homeland, Mythology, Diaspora, Migrancy, Myth.

"Reference to the Mythical Ideal wife Sita in Bharati Mukherjee’s Wife", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no.124-128, February-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002219.pdf

"Reference to the Mythical Ideal wife Sita in Bharati Mukherjee’s Wife", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 2, page no. pp124-128, February-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2002219.pdf