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@article{191128,
        author = {Dr. Madhuben Punjabhai Galchar},
        title = {A Study of Cultural Identity in Desai's and Lahiri's Novels: Investigate How Desai and Lahiri Addresses Issues of Cultural Identity},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {12},
        number = {no},
        pages = {889-894},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=191128},
        abstract = {Anita Desai, an acclaimed Indian novelist, intricately weaves themes of cultural identity, belonging, and displacement into her narratives. This research paper delves into Desai's exploration of these themes, analyzing how she addresses the complexities of cultural identity in the context of rapidly changing societies. By examining select novels such as "Clear Light of Day," "In Custody," and "Fasting, Feasting," this paper elucidates Desai's nuanced portrayal of characters navigating the intersection of tradition and modernity, grappling with notions of belonging and experiencing displacement. Through a close reading of her works, supplemented by literary analysis and socio-cultural insights, this paper offers a deeper understanding of Desai's thematic preoccupations and their significance in contemporary discourse on cultural identity.
The study of cultural identity in Jhumpa Iahiri’s ‘’The Name Sake’’ it was published in September 2003, it is the debut novel by American author. It was originally published in The New Yorker and was later expanded to a full length novel. It explores many of the emotional and cultural themes and it explores two conflicting cultures with distinct religious, social, and ideological differences. The story begins as Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli, a young Bengali couple, leave Calcutta, India and settle in central square in Cambridge. Here we can see a lot of struggles and cultural conflicts in this novel. How they are suffering to adopt different kinds of foods, traditions and the language. In this novel lahiri beautifully portrays about how the couples missing their native and their relatives in this novel. The couple has to face lots of problems when they immigrant from their own land. Ashima struggles through cultural barriers as well as her fears as she delivers her first child alone. If she had the delivery place at Calcutta, she would have had the baby at home, surrounded by her family. At US the delivery is successful but the new parents learn the new rules of the country they have to leave the hospital after giving a legal name to their child. Like this the new parents are learning new rules in their immigrant country. The aim of the paper is to analyse first and second generation immigrant characters. The paper would be an attempt to examine the characters from the America and India and cultures in the novel.},
        keywords = {Anita Desai, cultural identity, belonging, displacement, Indian literature, Culture, Conflict, Ideology, Name Sake, Immigrant.},
        month = {},
        }