The Indian Diasporic Writing : Theory and Discourse

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. The dynamics of diasporic discourse: an overview. 3. Portrayal of diaspora issues in Indian diasporic writings. 4. Indian diasporic writers-living on the margin of two societies. 5. Word/image: intersection of literature and art in the diasporic context. 6. Cultural space and diaspora in Gita Mehta\'s: A River Sutra. 7. The Indian diaspora and Raja Rao as a diasporic writer. 8. Crisis of unbelongingness in Raja Rao\'s The Serpent and the Rope. 9. Rohinton Mistry\'s Such a Long Journey: The Parsi Feelings. 10. Oppression and resistance in Rohinton Mistry\'s: A Fine Balance. 11. Different attitudes towards west: a study of Mistry and Lahiri Bharti Mukerjee. 12. Re-routing self: diasporic experience in the Tiger\'s Daughter by Bharati Mukherjee. 13. (Re) membering selves: dislocation and fulfilment in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni\'s Arranged Marriage. 14. Old values and new desires: experiences of expatriate women in Chitra Banerjee\'s Arranged Marriage. 15. Voices of sanity amid communal frenzy in Shashi Tharoor\'s Riot. 16. Diasporic element of \'Liminality\' in V.S. Naipaul\'s early novels and Indian travelogue. 17. Diaspora: vision and image.