Abstract
This research paper undertakes a reading of Kiran Desai’s Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard with respect to ‘internal exile’ and reads the work with a focus on the metaphorical movement of the character on a psychological and spiritual plane in negation of or in addition to actual physical movement or the exile in a more superficial sense. The paper seeks to evaluate the spiritual transformation of the protagonist Sampath internally as he moves away from the material concerns of Shahkot to experience the expanding horizon of freedom in the surreal realm of the guava orchard.
Highlights
Atlanta in the USA and Birmingham in the U.K., Asians, Indians constitute a major chunk of the population, even outnumbering the natives at certain locations
It is evident that under the changing situation of a transforming world the external circumstances of geographical displacement have become less important while the internal circumstances, in terms of the psychological and spiritual conditions of the mind, are gaining prominence
Her work does not adhere to the traditional norms of diaspora writings, and instead mirrors the transforming world, undergoing a process of cultural convergence; wherein the external context of geographical displacement has become less significant than the internal exegesis, in terms of the psychological and spiritual dimensions of the mind
Summary
Atlanta in the USA and Birmingham in the U.K., Asians, Indians constitute a major chunk of the population, even outnumbering the natives at certain locations. In the context of these changes, this paper seeks to explore Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard, for nuances of ‘internal exile’ typifying the contemporary diaspora writings. The protagonist Sampath does not externally move out of the geographical boundary of the town of Shahkot.
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