The Pain of Migration in Literature and Conflict of Identity (original) (raw)

The present paper discusses and analyses the identity conflict of the Indian Diaspora in different nations and its contribution to the making of both countries as reflected in literature. It seeks the various reasons why the people of the Indian Diaspora keep their Indian identity or the hyphenated identity with them even after migrating from India and the circumstances of that time of the nation in which they migrated. Suppose one migrates from one's country to settle permanently in another country. In that case, one can either accept and assimilate oneself with the country's culture or reject that and align oneself with that of one's root country or homeland. These (acceptance, assimilation, rejection of culture) depend upon the circumstances and situation of the nation and the behaviours and treatments of the natives of the land. When people immigrate to another country, they suffer from a crisis of identity. At the base of this crisis of identity lies the double consciousness.