Diasporic analysis of the post-colonial novel the crow eaters by Bapsi Sidhwa
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2022
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UMT, Lahore
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This study intends to highlight the postcolonial elements of diaspora in the novel The Crow Eaters by Bapsi Sidhwa. By looking at the discourse and events in the book, the thesis explains the ways in which the novel represents suppression, injustice and classification based on ethnicities. The recurring elements of biases, favoritism, class subjugation and bigotry are compared in the different social classes and ethnicities found in Lahore in the British occupied India. The novel was written to mark the identity of the Parsi community and it highlights the post migration trauma in the Parsi community. The colonial treatment including the injustice and prejudice done against the Parsi community by treating them with discrimination is brought to light. This theory is taken from Homi K. Bhabha’s book The Location of Culture (1994) where Bhabha includes that awareness needs to be raised about cultures and identities as they constitute an important part in the life of the third world citizens. This study analyses a community where power dynamics exist between different class systems and hierarchies are set up between people belonging to different ethnic groups. This thesis intends to scrutinize the events and characteristics of discrimination based on cultural identity. Culture is known to have a great impact on the patterns in human life where typical behavior is found in people in power and the ones subjugated. In this research study, diasporic criticism has been applied to the novel y in order to analyze these traits in the novel. The hybrid identity and trauma from displacement is formed in community members which is explored here in different circumstances.