Exploring Jhumpa Lahiri’s Eco consciousness through an Eco critical Study of The Lowland

Jhumpa  Lahiri’s  novel  The  Lowland  is  a  serious,  poignant  and  obviously  objective attempt at delineating a crucial period and turbulent time of Independent Indian history. The writer has reflected on the Naxalite movement and her forte, the displaced Indians migrated to America and their consequent diasporic identity and nostalgia. Family relation also permeates throughout the book. As a cosmopolitan writer and keen observer of the changing world, she is passionate about the environmental issues and recent degradation in the field. She draws heavily on the dire impacts on our surroundings due to indiscriminate longing for profit of the capitalists and burgeoning industries gurgling out toxic pollutants. Being extremely eco- conscious, she has outlined with fondness the eroding of the green face of the earth with the rapid occupation of the lowlands and extinction of the flora and fauna. She has even extended her mission to pave the way for the eco fighters who despite having materialistically diverse lucrative options embark on preaching on behalf of the earth and work relentlessly for the betterment of our environment. This paper is an attempt to show Lahiri’s eco-consciousness as a writer and her consciously planned proposition and extended sense of responsibility