Jhumpa lahiri biography interpreter of maladies symbols

CulturalValues Conflict in Interpreterof Maladiesby Jhumpa Lahiri

JhumpaLahiri, born in England, was the daughter of Indian emigrants.

Jhumpa lahiri biography interpreter of maladies symbols

Shegrew up in Rhode Island, raised, not as an American, but an Indian.Literature to her was a natural calling owing to the fact that herfather and mother were librarian and teacher respectively. Lahiritells the stories about how Indians and Indian-Americans strugglewith the choice of culture through the Interpreterof Maladies.Their struggle involves the choice between the culture that theyinherited from their parents and the culture that surrounds them.Lahiri tells of how challenging it is for her understanding theIndian culture.

In her own words, she admits that she is “lucky”that she is “…between two worlds…” Her reason is that she hasno idea what it means to have a “…distinct South Asian…”identity and therefore it does not interfere with her writing(Farnsworth 1).

Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreterof Maladiesis a text that has cross-cultural the