Routledge Handbook of Indian Diaspora Writers

Bijender Singh is PhD Co-Supervisor in the Department of English at Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India. He is the Editor-in-Chief of The Expression: An International Multidisciplinary e-Journal.Protibha Mukherjee Sahukar is the Principal of Durga Mahavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.Surendra Kumar Sao is the Principal of Late Shri Jaidev Satpathi Government College, Basna, District Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh, India.Anurag Ambasta is Dean and Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Xavier University, Patna, Bihar, India.

• Introduction: The Palimpsest of Syncretic Identities in Indian Diaspora Literature Bijender Singh, Part I: Memory, Trauma, and the Immigrant Experience, 1. Magical Realism in Rashida Murphy's The Historian's Daughter Ancy Eapen, 2. Unhomed at Homeland and Hostland: Diasporic Trauma in Bharati Mukherjee's Wife Keshab Sidgel, 3. Dual Identities in a Globalized World: Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake Elham Hossain, 4. The Reverberations of Trauma, Memory, and Healing in Anjana Appachana's Fear and Lovely Guni Vats and Mouli Chowdhury, 5. Resonances of Pain: Psychological Trauma and Resilience in Thrity Umrigar's The Space Between Us Mohanapriya, 6. Jemubhai Patel's Colonial Mania and Biju's Diasporic Dilemma in Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss Upakul Patowary and Jeuti Talukdar, 7. Reclaiming the Unclaimed: Memory, Identity, and Belonging in Uma Parameshwaran's What Was Always Hers Sayan Mukherjee and Naqui Ahmad John, 8. Trauma of Domestic Violence and Queer Liminality in Shani Mootoo's Cereus Blooms at Night Baiju Krishnan and Deepanjali Baruah, Part II: Exile, Nostalgia, and Migration, 9. Homeland, Exile, and Memory: Tracing Diasporic Identity in Meena Alexander's Fault Lines Sadia Afroz, 10. The Diasporic Within: Internal Exile and External Migration in Padma Viswanathan's The Toss of a Lemon Smita Sharma and Nisha Dubey, 11. Double Migration, Alienation, and Powerlessness in M.G. Vassanji's No New Land Kathyayini S. and V. Lakshmi Prasanna, 12. The Quixotic Dream and Endless Struggle: Exigency, Vicissitude, and Ambiguous Legacy in V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas Kusum Kangar, 13. The Shadow of Colonialism: Belonging and Cultural Dislocation in Rohinton Mistry's Such a Long Journey Rachuri Raajitha, 14. The Arabatized Man: Transience, Migration, and Precarity in Deepak Unnikrishnan's Temporary People Sonia Srivastava and Shramita Pandey, 15. Diasporic Consciousness and Korobi's Journey of Self-Actualization in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Oleander Girl Swayam Prava Mishra, 16. Acculturation Stress and Generational Diasporic Differences in Tanuja Desai's Born Confused Kumari Shikha and Dipali Sharma Bhandari, Part III: Gender, Marginalization, and Empowerment, 17. Wandering Whispers of the Drifting Hearts in Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Heat and Dust Tabassum Islam Nabanee, 18. Reading Gendered Experiences of Migration in Anita Rau Badami's Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? Ravi Kant and Asit Panda, 19. Identity Constructs in Anita Desai's Bye-Bye Blackbird Gurpyari Bhatnagar and Lakshmi Subramanian, 20. Roots and Routes: Mapping Diasporic Terrains in Meera Syal's Anita and Me Suruchi Sharma, 21. Ethical Dilemma, Surrogacy, and Selfhood: Navigating Gender, Class, Identity, and Personal Growth in A House for Happy Mothers Meenu Dudeja, 22. Shauna Singh Baldwin's What the Body Remembers: Memory, Trauma, and the Female Experience Rashmi Jain, 23. Humour as Cultural Critique: Negotiating Diasporic Masculinity and Identity in Anurag Mathur's The Inscrutable Americans Snigdha Bhatt and Mamta Rani, 24. Neither Here, Nor Whole: Queer In-Betweenness and Diasporic Disillusionment in Neel Patel's If You See Me, Don't Say Hi Vishwajeet and Anjila Singh Mehla, 25. Cultural Displacement and Identity Crisis: A Feminist Study of Moni's Cross-Cultural Marriage in Sunetra Gupta's Memories of Rain Swati Mittal and Shivani Vashist, Part IV: Power, Politics, and Postcolonialism, 26. A Study of Agentic Materiality of Waste Explored through the Diasporic Discourse A. Celin Raichel Sarona and David Jeyaraj Franklin, 27. Poisoned Lives, Resilient Spirits: Unveiling Environmental Injustice in Indra Sinha's Animal's People Suresh Frederick, 28. Saleem Sinai and Magic Realism: A Study of the Conflation of History and National Trajectory in Midnight's Children Asha Prabhakaran and Preetha Prabhasan, 29. Hybridity and Multiculturalism in Zadie Smith's White Teeth: A Postcolonial Perspective Nigar Ahmed and Archana M. Sardana, 30. From Homeland to Hostile Land: A Postcolonial Analysis of Kamala Markandaya's The Nowhere Man Meenu Bhola and Sakshi Singh, 31. Postcolonial Migration and Identity: Analysing Pran Nath's Fluid Identity Portrayed in Hari Kunzru's The Impressionist Milind Solanki and Hetal Meriya, Part V: Cultural Hybridity, Nature, and Social Strictures, 32. Satire and Social Strictures: Marriage and Identity in Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy Reshu Singh, 33. Navigating the Mystical and Cultural Landscapes in Easterine Kire's When the River Sleeps: A Study of Naga Identity and Spiritual Resilience Dhiman Chakraborty and A. Joshua Pravin Kumar, 34. Generational Conflicts and the Collapse of Family in Neel Mukherjee's The Lives of Others Archana and P. Kiranmai, 35. The Dystopian Reality of Organ Trade in a Hyper-Technological World in Manjula Padmanabhan's Harvest Kalyan Pattanayak and Mayank Kumar, 36. The Recondite Secrets, Sinister Shadows in Warp and Weft of Twisted Truths Camouflaging Deception and Danger in Sujata Massey's The Widows of Malabar Hill Shailja Bahadur and Ram Sebak Thakur, 37. Beyond the Ramp: Religious Boundaries, Cultural Dogma, and Metamorphosis of Self in Kavita Daswani's Salaam Paris Shikha Saxena, 38. Cultural Hybridity, Slang, and Racial Stereotypes in Gautam Malkani's Londonstani Kshamata Chaudhary and Poonam Nigam Sahay, Index