• Safna C
• DR. A. J MANJU

Jhumpa Lahiri is a famous Indian Diaspora Writer. Her second novel The Lowland talks about intricacies in human relationship at the backdrop of migration. The solitude and guilty complex in the life of the central character is beautifully portrayed. This novel talks about the Naxalite movements in India. The protagonist has a direct involvement in it. The novel discusses the impact of this involvement in the life of the protagonist even after migration. Alienation and identity crisis felt by the characters are beautifully depicted by using memory as a technique. The feeling of nostalgia and longing for the past is central in this novel. The mad pursuit for identity in a totally alienated land. The diasporic life in this novel depends upon individual choice.

Alienation, Diaspora, Identity crisis, Assimilation, Memory and Nostalgia.

"Cultural Assimilation in Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘The Lowland’", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.f638-f641, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203578.pdf

"Cultural Assimilation in Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘The Lowland’", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppf638-f641, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203578.pdf