Bharati Mukherjee (b. 1940) Contributing Editor: Roshni Rustomji-Kerns Classroom Issues and Strategies It is important to read and discuss Mukherjee’s "A Wife’s Story" as an integral part of twentieth-century American literature and not as an "exotic" short story by a foreign writer. As the essay accompanying "A Wife’s Story" points out‚ Mukherjee identifies herself very strongly as an American writer writing about twentieth-century Americans. Although most of her
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In this story‚ the author Bharati sees America as a new beginning from her old life while her sister ( insert sister’s name) sees the new American life as just an excuse to diminish their original culture. As Bharati mentioned in the beginning of the story‚ “[her and her sister] dressed alike‚ in saris; [They] expressed identical political views‚ social issues‚ love and marriage.” (Mukherjee 70) saying how they share the same culture. In her text‚ Bharati shares their differences when she
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Bharati Mukherjee‚ one of the leading diaspora writer is noted for her writings based on the themes of expatriation‚ immigration‚ cultural alienation‚ assimilation and multiple displacements. She has written eight novels including short stories and two autobiographies along with her husband‚ Clarke Blaise‚ the Canadian novelist and professor. Her novels can be divided into different phases such as expatriates’ perspective in first two novels‚ The Tigers Daughter (1972) and Wife (1975). Her second
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Bharati Mukherjee spent most of hertime in the United States and Canada since 1961‚ teaching at universities and colleges‚ writing various research articles‚ eight novels‚ two nonfiction books‚ four short story collections and earning degrees. She lived in Canada from 1966 to 1980. Bharati Mukherjee described herself as a ‘Hindu Bengali Brahmin’ who was born in Calcutta on 27th July 1940. She maintained her attachment with her religion‚ beliefs and race living at United States and Canada. Various
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Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee was born on July 27‚ 1940 in Calcutta‚ India. (Pradhan ) She was born into a wealthy family‚ which assisted her in her dream of becoming a writer. She lived in India‚ Europe‚ the United States‚ and Canada. Migrating to these countries that are so different from her place of birth enabled her to write very powerful novels on immigrant experiences. Mukherjee’s novels focus on exploring the migration and the feeling of alienation that is experienced by these
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CROSS CULTURAL CONFLICT IN “THE TIGER’S DAUGHTER” OF BHARATI MUKHERJEE Rajaram Solaimalai Associate Professor in English‚ Thiagarajar College of Engineering‚ Madurai625 015 Tamil Nadu‚ India email: sreng@tce.tce website: www.tce.edu ____________________________________________________________ ____________ ABSTRACT: Bharati Mukherjee‚ an Indian born American novelist‚ is a familiar voice in the Indian Diaspora. Her fiction truly reflects the temperament and mood of the present American
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In Two Ways to Belong in America‚ by Bharati Mukherjee‚ two immigrants have similar yet separate stances on certain subjects. Both are sisters raised in the same environment of their homeland‚ India. Before they left‚ they “expressed identical views on politics‚ social issues‚ love and marriage in the same Calcutta convent-school accent” (70). But their understandings became quite the opposite after they went to America. Bharati and Mira were on different sides of
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Maalouf and Mukherjee: The Path to Self-Identity The two articles "Two Ways to Belong in America” (Bharati Mukherjee‚ 1996) and "Deadly Identities"(Amin Maalouf‚ 1998) are two articles that are different in its own way. Although both the authors discuss about their experience as immigrants; their supporting points vary and Maalouf’s is organized better than Mukherjee’s article. Maalouf’s article is well organized and supports their argument using various justifications. Even though both Mukherjee’s
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could not live without desires for their life. To have a happy life‚ first of all it has to be desired. There is another aspect of life that opposite desire‚ duty. Both of them create life. Jasmine is the main character of the same name novel of Bharati Mukherjee who struggle about what she should act to‚ desire or duty. She was born in a very traditional culture that supports duty while she really want to live a life that she can choose. The story begins with the appearance of an astrologer. The symbol
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It is important to read and discuss Mukherjee’s "A Wife’s Story" as an integral part of twentieth-century American literature and not as an "exotic" short story by a foreign writer. As the essay accompanying "A Wife’s Story" points out‚ Mukherjee identifies herself very strongly as an American writer writing about twentieth-century Americans. Although most of her stories are about South Asian-Americans (South Asia in the contemporary geopolitical arena usually consists of Bangladesh‚ India‚ Pakistan
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