Abstract

The primary objective of this research was to conduct an investigation of the dialectics of diasporic identities that are evident in the writings of Jhumpa Lahiri and Rohinton Mistry. Their works shed light on the realities of immigrants since they are diasporic authors. The foundations of the expatriate experiences include nostalgia, hybridity, unsettlement, a sense of incompleteness, and a dilemma. These sensations may be found in diasporic Indian characters as they attempt to adapt to and establish themselves in the foreign land. Issues of acculturation or assimilation become the focus points throughout the adjustment process of settling in the chosen homelands. This is because Indian immigrants and their subsequent generations attempt to navigate the imbalance of their hyphenated or hybridized identities. He has received a great deal of attention as a member of the Parsi diaspora. Within the ranks of V.S. Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Shashi Tharoor, Amitav Ghose, Vikram Seth, Kushwant Singh, Nayantara Sehgal, and Bharti Mukherjee, he has a position of great significance. It is necessary to understand Mistry not just as a writer who writes about post-colonial India, as a writer who writes about South Asian Canada, or as a writer who writes about diasporic Indians. Additionally, it is necessary to conduct a dialectical analysis and analyze his works as a writer who writes about Parsi. Concern for the South Asian Diaspora is something that Rohinton Mistry is deeply involved with, Mistry’s literary and artistic sense of concern for the dispossessed and the destitute obtains broader political evertones in his subsequent book, “A Fine Balalance,” which was published in 1995. As he continues to portray the cruelties that are prevalent in both urban and rural India, Mistry’s narrative takes on a more political tone. Every single one of his characters, whether important and small, becomes a symbol of the fight to keep one’s equilibrium in the face of the absurdity of the actual world. Misuse of power is the source of this craziness that we see today. As a result, Mistry’s books are not based on a timeless present; rather, the historical truth serves as the background for his story [1]. The events of “Such a Long Journey” take place at the period of Pakistan’s war with Bangladesh, whereas the events of “Family Matters (2002)” take place after the year 1992, which was the year when the Babri Masjid controversy manifested itself.