Abstract:
Jhumpa Lahiri was born on July 11, 1967, in London and her parents were Bengali
immigrants. Her famous novel The Namesake which mirrors both the immigrant
experiences in America, and the complexity of family loyalties that emphasizes
all human experiences. The author depicts in this novel the delightful and happy
moments as well as struggle and sufferings of the immigrants. The story entails
over thirty years of Ganguli family - Ashoke and Ashima who emigrated as young
adults from Calcutta to America. Their children Gogol and Sonia who were
born in Unites States to face many challenges and hardships. All the diasporic
experiences totally disheartened Gogol, despite his maturity and worldly wisdom.
He is regarded as the epitome of the identity crisis realized by the disaporas born
in foreign countries. They are vehemently grieved out of heavy nostalgic feelings,
identity crisis and cultural confrontation. The main objective of this research is
to analyse the identity crisis and cultural confrontation in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The
Namesake. Descriptive and analytical methods will be used in this research. Data
is collected from texts, different books, magazines, Journals, and articles written
by scholars and critics. This research will be helpful to the readers to expand their
skills in research field. In addition, this research will guide the students to develop
a critical analysis of the literary works of English writers.
