INDIAN DIASPORIC WOMAN WRITER CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI’S CULTURAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE MISTRESS OF SPECIES

Abstract

This research paper explores the concept of national identity and cultural identity in diasporic writing. The issue of national identity is more precisely presented by the diasporic writers. They are made to appropriate and integrate into a new culture; they often find themselves alien in the new country. They try to relate themselves with the culture of the host country, but their origin and root leads them towards the homeland; with whom to identify themselves and where to find the feeling of belongingness become major problems for them.

            In the present paper, the researcher attempt to explore the cultural identity in The Mistress of Species. The sense belongs to both the nations and neither to any particular nation, which ultimately develops a sense of being rootless.