• V. Dhivya

The NameSake is a novel by Jumpa Lahiri. It begins in Massachaussets and sometimes story line moves to Calcutta. This is a story of a couple named Ahimsa Ganguli and Ashoke, who has settled in America after their marriage. Jumpa Lahiri describes Bengali tradition and culture through significant characters in the novel. The NameSake is her first novel which was published in 2003. Lahiri was an Indian Bengali, who settled in America. Most of her works focussed on Indian-emigrants and their experience in a foreign land. Lahiri’s subject matter was based on Post colonial issues. She used to write short stories and novels. The researcher is going to examine this novel under Diasporic perspective. Diaspora means migration of people from their own land to foreign land. They are dislocated for finance, studies and political purpose. The aim of this paper is to show optimistic and pessimistic study on Diaspora in this novel.

Identity Crisis, Alienation, Bengali tradition, Emigrant, Dislocation.

"A Diasporic study on Jumpa Lahari’s The Namesake", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.867-870, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06181.pdf

"A Diasporic study on Jumpa Lahari’s The Namesake", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp867-870, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06181.pdf