Abstract
Diaspora writing is a recent trend in literature. Many writers especially women writers excel in this field. These diasporic writers though they live in a foreign land always hold their love in their writings. India is a land of myth and legends and hence many Indian writers borrow their plot from Hindu mythology which is used as a literary device. Many writers of the independence and post-independence era used mythology to spread nationalism and to guide humanity in the right path. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a diasporic writer who always holds a piece of her love for motherland in her writings. She extensively uses Hindu mythology in her works. She uses these myths to instill courage in her woman protagonists. She tries to prove how myths guide the immigrant women to overcome their conflicts in life. Her novels explain how myths instruct the humanity to lead a righteous life.
Highlights
Among the women diasporic writers Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has a unique place in literature
The novel is the writing in the genre of epic fantasy and mythological fiction which gives it a feminine narrative
Mahabharata is a great epic of India that tells us the story of the war between Kauravas and Pandavas and Lord Krishna’s teachings to the great warrior Arjuna and the destruction of the Third Age of man
Summary
Among the women diasporic writers Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has a unique place in literature. Her rebellious nature to learn what her brother has learnt, her shock at knowing the prophecy that she would marry five men and change the course of history, her secret love for Karna, her constant equation with Krishna and her brother Dhri, her bond with Dhai Ma, Kunti and other wives of her husband.
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