The Tiger's Daughter By Bharti Mukherjee Analysis

Bharti Mukherjee is an Indian born American writer. She raises her voice for the rights of migrated Indian women and highlights their sufferings faced in abroad. The main aim of presenting this paper is to depict the effect of displacement on Indian women and how much they feel alienated outside their native country. The picture that emerges from the study of the novel is not only those of women being alienated and depressed due to the circumstances but also those of women coming out as bold character to overcome the challenges those come in their lives. The present paper throws light on social and cultural issues through the mouth of protagonist who gets success in bringing about social and cultural change by presenting her condition in society. So

But when she reaches, she finds the condition of India has been changed and she does not feel comfortable herself in such situation. She realizes that her ways of thinking and living are changed and she is no more an Indian now. She even does not remember about the rituals and Indian festivals. She also realizes that the attitude of her relatives, her friends and even her mother has been changed. Due to these conditions, she feels alienated even on her native land. This situation appears because of her displacement to USA from India. She does not feel happy while her journey in a train and now for her America is a dream land. When she first time goes to America for higher studies, she is afraid of unknown and unfamiliar ways of American culture but now for her Indian ways are also unfamiliar. First she feels isolated and alienated in America, now she has same feeling for India. She realizes that she is now neither Indian and nor American and due to these circumstances, she is totally confused and lost in the world. Sometimes she also thinks that she is going to be