Thematic Concern in the Works of Jhumpa Lahiri

Abstract

This paper highlights on the Indian English writing, Feministic perspective, Second Generation Adaptation, Diasporic Consciousness in Lahiri’s work. The works
of Jhumpa Lahiri show their concern with the social and cultural injustice meted
out to women who are marginalized and exploited. She has written about the Indian
women, the problem faced by them in the male governed social set up, the role
assigned to them in the society, the prejudiced attitude of men towards them. Jumpa
masterfully explores the themes of the complexities of the immigrant experience and
foreignness, the clash of lifestyles, Cultural disorientation, the conflicts of assimilation, the tangled ties between generations and paints a portrait of an Indian family
torn between the pull of respecting family traditions, and the American way of life.
It’s a tale of love, solitude and emotional upheavals with an amazing eye for detail
and ironic observation.