Diasporic Sensibility and the theme of Self-Recognition in Anita Nair’s Mistress

Abstract

At present, there are several writers dealing with the study of diasporic sensibility in their works. This piece of paper focuses on how India’s recent writer Anita Nair who is a prominent writer in the land of Indian English Literature explores the theme of diasporic sensibility and self recognition through the characters in her novel. Diasporic writing takes place a significant role in 21^st century. It has some characteristic features like quest for identity, nostalgia, familial relationships other than up-rooting and re-rooting. Anita Nair presents the diasporic system as a system of consensual values. She makes the characters to get their identity with the help of diasporic sensibility. The narration of location gives identity not only to her characters but also herself too. She describes homeland culture and her nostalgia through the work. The different trends of life in alien lands are described beautifully in her work. This paper shows how the character Koman in Mistress is tied to his ancestral land.