Third Space Perception And Cultural Hybridization In Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake

Diaspora studies deals with the changing patterns in human psychology due to the shift in geographical location, migration, change in culture and ethnicity. The diasporic women writers expose their experiences of dislocation through their narratives.. Jhumpa Lahiri,an Indian immigrant from West Bengal deals with the lives of Indian immigrants in America. Her first novel The Namesake portrays the first generation immigrant’s issues and the difficulties faced by their children in the two conflicting cultures. She presents the complex human mind of the characters, their emotions and behaviours in real life. She depicts the nostalgic life style of the complex urban and their transformation through their life experiences. This paper attempts to focus on the alienation of the immigrants presented by the writer in the novel The Namesake in the third space and their transformation for assimilation in the new land with hybrid identity