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Diaspora Poetics in South Asian English Writings Diaspora Poetics in South Asian English Writings Edited by Md. Rakibul Islam and Eeshan Ali Diaspora Poetics in South Asian English Writings Edited by Md. Rakibul Islam and Eeshan Ali This book first published 2019 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2019 by Md. Rakibul Islam, Eeshan Ali and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-5275-3810-9 ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-3810-8 CONTENTS Preface andledgements Acknow ............................................................... vii Notes on Contributors....................................... ......................................... ix Map of South Asia ..................................................................................... xi Introduction ................................................................................................ 1 South Asian Diaspora Dr. Md. Rakibul Islam & Eeshan Ali Part I: Reminiscence, Identity and Gender Chapter I ................................................................................................... 11 The Poet Lost in the Mystic: Revisitingisits Rabindranath Tagore’s V to the United States Nahid Kaiser Chapter II .................................................................................................. 21 Contesting Identities: A Study of Diasporic Experience in Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine’ Shreya Ghosh Chapter III ................................................................................................ 29 Gendered Identityy of Homeland: and Memor Analyzing The Hero’s Walk andTurtle Nest Mousam Chapter IV ................................................................................................ 43 Culinary Diaspora: UnderstandingDesai’s Food and Gender Role in Anita Fasting Feasting and SaraMeatless Suleri’s Days Nitesh Narnolia vi Contents Part II: Democracy and Border Politics Chapter V ................................................................................................. 59 Socio-PoliticalFencing Aspects in of Moreh Border Subdivision I. Yaipharemba Chapter VI ................................................................................................ 73 Democracy and IndianA Secular Politics: Critiquery of Contempora Indian Politics Ashaduzzaman Khan Chapter VII ............................................................................................... 83 Development Alienatingm Nature: Humans A Case froh Study of Nort Sikkim Kachyo Lepcha Part III: Estrangement and Disarticulation Chapter VIII ............................................................................................. 95 Alienation amongst Youth in the Novels of Chetan Bhagat Deepa Chaniyal Chapter IX .............................................................................................. 101 Impact of Dislocationife of a Woman on the with L Reference to MonicaBrick Ali’s Lane Shweta Verma Chapter X ............................................................................................... 109 Naipaul'sHalf a Life: A Semiotic of Dislocation and Alienation Ainul Bari Chapter XI .............................................................................................. 119 Dissolving the Boundaries: Alienation and Assimilation in Chitra BanerjeeThe Mistress Divakaruni’s of Spices Mukul Sk PREFACE ANDACKNOWLEDGMENTS This volume brings together varioush Asian discussions on various Sout diaspora writers of diverse socio-politicalvides backgrounds. It pro perspectives drawn from borderand studies, regional philosophical studies, issues of South Asia. Each chapterusly and discusses its topic meticulo assesses its importancetemporary in society. oure chapters con Most of th talk about those social problems which developed in the Indian subcontinent. Does South Asianof English?writings only mean the writings No. It also means other writingsnguages. written in other indigenous la More accurately speaking, thenguages literature has written in regional la its own long and sophisticatedces. status like English literary pie We are really grateful to all entriesthe contributors for who have written this volume. The chapters contributedh our by them may help us enric knowledge in the field of Southsuggestions Asian writings. The advice and of the contributorsis piece have of made writing one.th aSo, wonderful without their intimation, we could not and havethis help publishedbook. We also feel privileged and greatduction pleasure of this in writing the intro book. We are quite sure that this readers, book will be very helpful for researchers and academicians ifmore they want to gain knowledge or prominence inth the Asian field diaspora of Sou studies. We would also like to thank allade those this whose forbearances have m book an intellectual milieu. ksWe towould our like to give special than teachers, colleagues who have and inspired friendshis usbook to amake t perfect one. Special thanks goia toHasan our andPh.D. supervisors Dr. Naz Dr. Nirban Manna, whose inspirationsis have helped us to reach th milestone. We are really indebtedesides to these them for encouraging us. B parental figures, we are alsombers indebted who to our fellow faculty me have helped us to create and develophis work. the theoretical frame of t It would have been impossibleout to get the this help volume published with of our institutions, namely Aligarh), Dhanbad Muslim University, ISM (IIT and Dukhulal Nibaran Chandra College,lso our Murshidabad (WB). It is a pleasure to thank those many othersectly helped who have directly and indir us and provided their assistancesible. to make Last this research work pos viii Preface and Acknowledgments but not least, we also owe our werswholehearted and thanks to our revie publishers. CONTRIBUTORS Nahid Kaiser is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Daffodil International, Dhaka, Bangladesh.Universityalized Her speci areas are poetry, literary criticism,lished various and feminism. She has pub research articlesd international in nationals a journals.anbilingual She i poet and translator by passiony published and has had three books of poetr in Bangladesh and India. Shreya Ghosh obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Tripura. She is currently employed as an Assistant Cross Professor of English at Holy College, Tripura where she hasst beentwo years. teaching English for the la Mousam is Ph.D. Research Scholar at the Centre for Comparative Literature ands Translation at the Central Studie Gujarat. University She of has published a number of articlesrnational in various national and inte journals. Nitesh Narnolia is Ph.D.a Senior Research Scholar at the Centre for Diaspora at Studiesthe Central University of Gujarat. He has published various researchonal articles and international ins. nati journal I. Yaipharemba completed his doctorate at Punjab University, India. He has published editorials in manyas published newspapers. Besides this, he h many articles inl and various international nationa journals. Ashaduzzaman Khan is a Research Scholar in the Department of Philosophy at Aligarh Muslim University, India. Kachyo Lepcha is a Ph.D. Scholar in the Department of History at Sikkim Central University, Gangtok, India. Deepa Chaniyal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Chandrawati Tiwari. College, Girls’ Kashipur, P.G India. Shweta Verma is a Research Scholar in the Department of English at the University of Lucknow, India. Ainul Bari is a Research Scholar in the Department of English at Aligarh Muslim University, India. x Contributors Mukul Sk is a Research Scholar in the Department of English at Aligarh Muslim University, India. He fis various credited with the publication o edited volumes from reputed publishing houses. MAP OFSOUTH ASIA Image Source www.quizcarry.com (http://www.quizcarry.com/south-asia-map-quiz-questions-answers/) INTRODUCTION SOUTHASIAN DIASPORA DR. MD. RAKIBULISLAM & EESHANALI Diaspora The word ‘diaspora’, a highly debated and complex term used in academia, has its rootsdiaspeirein in ’,the which Greek is word ‘ etymologically constituteddia’ of(through) two separate morphemes: ‘ andspeirein ‘ ’ (to scatter).Unique According Oxford Dictionary to, the ‘diaspora’ means “scattered Jewishest of settlement after Roman Conqu Palestine” (Majumder 2007, 318),s “the but diaspora, in general, mean dispersion or spread of any people” (English from their original homeland Oxford Living Dictionaries). The talks study of the diaspora not only about the dispersion of Jewishand people but it from their original homel also reveals the violence and iencedcollective exile which they exper during such expulsions. In thiscal context we can link the histori dispersion and collective exile Nazi of Jews from Germany during the regime of Adolf Hitler. Furthermore,e from people of the diaspora mov homeland to host-land either bye offorce or by choice, but the rol sociopolitical factors for suche. Dispersed migrations cannot be denied her people reside withnces theirof two experie placestime: at one the is same of their original homeland and-land. another Due is of their adopted