Naipaul'sA Bend in the Riveras a Critique of Globalization

Abstract

his research echoes the culture ofpostcolonial studies topresentthe catastrophic impact of globalization in Naipaul'sA Bend in the River.Naipaul's narrative portrays the episodes in the life of immigrants European-Indians living rootlessly in foreign land because of globalization. The movement of thecharacters in the novel is followed closely in the theoretical light on the issues of formation of the diaspora, double consciousness and hybridity in the identity making process clearly resembles the issues of globalization. Salim, Mahes, Indar, have beendamaged by colonization, displaced by decolonization, and marginalized by globalization. Their life is shaped by hegemonic forces, sometimes exploitative, often brutal and capricious, resulting into the confusion of identity. This research analyses Naipaul's immigrant characters and their wandering experiences in the hope of better fortune leads them only lost in the sphere of globalization. They create a new identity for every new situation; their former identities are never completely erased. They emerged in specific moment in the text and intensify the tension, thereby causing them to create another more dominant identity due to the effect of globalization