• Dr.A.J.Manju
• Safna Cherungal

Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel ‘The Namesake ‘discusses the life experience of a Bengali family who migrated to America for a better life which is entirely different from the life they lived in India. This novel deals with the problems of alienation, cultural conflict, identity crisis, rootless ness, loss and longing. All her fictions are dealing the problems of migration, lives of expatriates and especially about the Bengali families migrated to America. I n all her fiction the readers can see that even though they are after their American dreams the memory of their past life and native land make them nostalgic. These memories and the current life make them shuttle in between two worlds. This article studies about the identity crisis experienced by the characters in the novel ‘The Namesake’. The article give space to analyses different perspectives of the first and second generation immigrants. This paper examines the difference between the American way of life and Indian tradition.

Identity crisis, alienation,culture conflict and migration.

"“Identity Crisis in Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel “The Namesake “", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.b242-b246, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203133.pdf

"“Identity Crisis in Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel “The Namesake “", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppb242-b246, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203133.pdf