Elements of feminism in the select novels of bharati mukherjee

This paper is an in-depth analysis of women characters in the novels of Bharati Mukherjee. Bharati Mukherjee, is a famous diasporic writer born in India and settled in America. She calls herself as an American writer and not a hyphenated immigrant. The characters Tara in ‘Tiger's Daughter’, Dimple in ‘Wife’ and Jasmine in ‘Jasmine’ are analysed in detail in terms of women migrants. The change in place and time brings about a change in the behaviour of human beings. Such kind of physiological and psychological changes happen irrespective of the gender. The conventional experience of migrants revolves round the phases as alienation, displacement, dislocation and depression. Breaking this, Mukherjee introduces the feelings of acceptance, delight and pleasure in being a part of new land. Feminism and feminist theory are applied for the study. The problems undergone in various situations and the transformations of the heroines are explored in the paper.