Bharati Mukherjee, the eminent Indo-American writer deals with the problems of women immigrants who struggle to make their own identity and an autonomous life in America. Bharati Mukherjee differs from other writers in the sense that her basic concern is for the cross cultural conflicts faced by the Indian women immigrants. All her novels represent the contemporary women's fight to make her own identity, freedom and life in the patriarchal society. She writes deeply about the cross- ,cultural conflicts
Bharati Mukherjee is one of the most popular diasporic writers. A perfect mix of fact and fiction can be seen in her novels. She stands for feminism, which is reflected through her lead women characters. The transformation of women when migrating from a place to another is beautifully portrayed in her writings. She has secured a steady place among the diasporic writers, because of her portrayal of women in the newly adopted land. The transformation includes ups and downs, where the female characters
traditional homeland. Diasporic literature of the 21st century is enriched by the issues of diaspora, transnationalism, hybridity and identity crisis. These are reflected in the writings of Salman Rushdie, Amitabh Ghosh, V.S.Naipaul, Bharati Mukherjee and many others. Bharati Mukherjee in her novels attempt to bridge the gulf between “home” and “exile”. Nostalgia, directness towards the culture you are absorbing, re-stiching and the divided settler evolving into a permanent alien getting transformed into
Desirable Daughters, by the prolific writer Bharati Mukherjee, it was published in year 2000. Desirable Daughters is significant another of her magically written, compelling novels. Bharati Mukherjee was born in Calcutta in 1940. Sympathized with women, she, in her novels gave dependable representations, of the quandary of the women of the contemporary society. An essential theme of the novels of Bharati Mukherjee is racism as an important feature in oriental and occidental culture. The novels are
literature, it was being portrayed by majority of writers, among them, Bharati Mukherjee, became the live example of a free woman who through her novels, portrayed the struggles of immigrant women for achieving their identity. Mukherjee provides confidence for the readers to challenge boldly against the traditional frame work of the society and to turn her way towards a new consciousness of her own worth and place in the society. Bharati Mukherjee is a well known immigrant writers of America, who started
defied feminist criticism. The work and characters of Bharati Mukherjee can be analyzed in light of the feminist theory pertaining
Abstract The present paper is an attempt to analysis Bharati Mukherjee’s seminal novel Jasmine with reference to gender discrimination, sexual violence and female protests. Gender discrimination seems to be the root cause of sexual violence which ultimately leads to female protest. Due to gender discriminationmen began to nurturethe idea that women are nothing but their slaves whom they can utilize as they want. The blindfolded followers of patriarchy assume women merely an object of consumption