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Item Contradicion of modernity in V.S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas(Department of English, 2022) Adhikari, SujanThis paper entitled Contradiction of Modernity in V.S. Naipaul'sA House for Mr. Biswas,explores the forces of traditionalism, patriarchal rigidity, modern dilemma, identity crisis and right to freedom in the protagonist Mr. Biswas and other major characters. The study engages with issues around modernity such as rising capitalism, globalization, industrialization,postcolonial impacts, socio-cultural practices of that contemporary time and Naipaul stands asa witness of all these issues in his novel. This research also examines dilemma between traditionalist and modernist clash behind the critique of the protagonist’s conditions and other incidents inside the story by observing the quest of freedom, alienation, rootlesness, quest of stability, fixity and certainty. The study employs theoretical insights related to modernity elaborated byAnthony Giddens, Jurgen Habermas, and Ulrich Beck. Themain aim of this research studyis to seek out the issues of contradiction in modernity that is found in the novel.This research finally concludes that Naipaul's novel exposes the trend and traits oflife living culture, social standarities, time-dynamism, socio-cultural practices and different circumstances emerging by time factors. Keywords: traditionalism, modernity, capitalism, globalization, alienation, rootlessness, contradictionItem A Journey from Rootedness to Rootlessness in Mohsin Hamid's Exit West(Central Departmental of English, 2019) Neure, SaradaThis research work takes MohsinHamid's Exit Westto study hybridity, rootlessness, dislocation and identity crisis brought about by 'global economic flows'. It explores how the characters Saeed and Nadia become 'ethnoscapists' in Appadurai's terms as they move from one country to another. Their wanderings and movements place them in different uncertain cultural locations where they feel rootlessness, dislocation and problem of identity.Their identity becomes a kind of hybridized identity as Saeed marries the daughter of local preacher in California. His constant focus on his prayer reflects his search for his root and identity there. On the other hand, Nadia pursues her independent career with the adoption of local values and cultures. Most importantly, Saeed and Nadia are placed in the situation of "in-betweenness or third space" in the borderless global world. Key Words: Diaspora, ethnoscapes, rootlessness, in-betweenness, dislocation and hybridity.Item Sense of Alienation in V.S. Naipaul’s Half a Life(Department of English, 2023) Timsina, Krishna PrasadThis research work analyses the central character of Half a Life, Willie Somerset’s quest for the purpose in his life. Fragmentation, alienation, and exile are common features in postcolonial literature. In V(idyadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul’s Half a Life Willie Chandran is the representative character of those people who have experienced the bitterness of postcolonial reality of the immigration in the foreign land. He despairingly searches for his own stable identity but cannot find any fixed identity up to the end of the novel when he is already a forty plus aged man. He proves himself as an idler and cannot get a particular form. He feels bitterness in between his double identities. To study the sense of alienation and fragmentation of the main character, it is appropriate to use postcolonial theory which is the main supportive backbone. Post-colonialism expresses about the human consequences of external—foreign—control and economic exploitation of the native people and their land. In this novel Naipaul shows how Willie suffers from multiple external forces and tries to seek his own identity in real life but in vain. Colonization causes the flux of identity, alienation, and individual predicament, and decolonized individuals still suffer from the colonial attitude and demeaner of the colonizers as an outside force even in the time of postcolonialism which forms the hybrid identity of individuals.