RETHINKING DIASPORA IN RECENT DAYS THROUGH THE LENS OF ‘BARZAKH LOGIC’: A STUDY OF SELECT WORKS BY JHUMPA LAHIRI
Author(s): SWASTI BISAI
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CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KOKRAJHAR, ASSAM, INDIA
DOIs:10.2015/IJIRMF/202605006 | Paper ID: IJIRMF202605006‘Barzakh’ is a Quranic word which appears in three places of the Quran which signifies a thinline which is both a connection and division between two spaces. However Bruce Lawrence takes it another level to be able to implement its history, sociology and political system. He develops it as a concept and a method that he calls ‘Barzakh logic’. His ‘barzakh logic’ signifies only the connection between two spaces and it delves with the earthly and societal things. In my paper, I am approaching this term in the field of culture, how within two cultures ‘barzakh logic’ work like a bridge rather than a barrier. To apply this new theory, ‘barzakh logic’, I have chosen Indian diaspora and especially Jhumpa Lahiri and her masterful work, Interpreter of Maladies, a collection of nine short stories.
SWASTI BISAI (2026); RETHINKING DIASPORA IN RECENT DAYS THROUGH THE LENS OF ‘BARZAKH LOGIC’: A STUDY OF SELECT WORKS BY JHUMPA LAHIRI, International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field, ISSN(O): 2455-0620, Vol-12, Issue-5, Available on – https://www.ijirmf.com/
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