Construction of 'Kathmandus of Mind' in Upadhayay's Arresting God in Kathmandu

Abstract

This research concentrates on the diasporic depiction of Nepalese society and how the characters are engulfed by homesickness on Samrat Upadhyay's Arresting God in Kathmandu by applying diasporic perspective keeping the identity crisis at heart. A key characteristic of diaspora is that a strong sense of connection to a homeland is maintained through cultural practices and ways of life. Cultural change is another major problem faced by the diasporic community especially by the diasporic people. When they try to settle in a new place they find several changes in the new society. It shocks them and they try to cling to their homeland culture by following it strictly. Dislocation causes severe problems to the diasporic people. When individual moves from his home country to a new land, the foreign atmosphere makes them sick. Based on the reasons for dislocation, the suffering faced by the diasporic people too changes. The gap of studying the feelings and emotions of expatriate writers is filled by the present research work.