• Dr. Anu Rathee
• Dr. Naresh Rathee

Man is a social being. The feelings of love and hate are internal parts of his existence in the world. Sometimes he loves somebody and the other times he hates someone whether there are considerable reasons for those feelings or not. Our liking or disliking for foreigners is among such kind of feelings which make some people victims of our love or hatred. It is known as xenophobia. It is a socio-psychological phenomenon which makes someone hates the people from alien or foreign lands. Catherine Soanes has stated that “xenophobia is an intense dislike or fear of strangers or people from other countries” (644). But now and then excessive patriotism leads to the feelings of xenophobia. The present research paper is a kind of discourse on the xenophobic-syndrome in the hearts of the people in India in Baumgartner’s Bombay, a novel by Anita Desai.

Xenophobia, Foreigner, Hatred, Social, Existence, Race.

"A Study of Xenophobia in Baumgartner’s Bombay by Anita Desai", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no.c432-c441, December-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212262.pdf

"A Study of Xenophobia in Baumgartner’s Bombay by Anita Desai", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 12, page no. ppc432-c441, December-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2212262.pdf