Diaspora: A New Dimension of Literature

Last two decade, Diasporic literature contains in itself a huge significance which has no limitation and its meaning is extended in various directions. Generally, it is considered an umbrella term that includes in it all those literary works which are written by the authors outside their native country, but their works are associated with native culture and background. Diasporic literature has its roots in the sense of loss and alienation, which emerged as a result of migration and expatriation. Indians have been migrating across the globe for the last a few decades. Diaspora literature means works written by authors who live outside their native land. Indian Diaspora writers not only concentrated on the migratory aspects, the processes of integration and adjustment in specific context but also focused more on the aspects of culture, identity formation and retention, means the cultural process dealt by Indian Diaspora is viewed in terms of either maintaining its culture of the home or integrating in due course with the host society in the long run. Diaspora writings occupy a significant position among cultures and countries and the writers of the Indian Diaspora through their literary contribution have greatly enriched English Literature. In the words of Bhiku Parekh: “… the diasporic Indian is like the banyan tree, the traditional symbol of the Indian way of life, he spreads out his roots in several soils drawing nourishment from one when the rest dry up far from being homeless he has several homes and that is the only way he increasingly comes to feel at home in the world”