Hybridity in Prajwal Parajuly’sThe Gurkha’sDaughter
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Abstract
In the short stories,The Gurkha’s Daughter(2012), Prajwal Parajulyreveals
characters survival through cultural practices between Nepali and English convention as
hybridity in a host country.Thecharacters of these stories immigrate to the host country with
some purpose where they develop hybrid cultural space. Theyfacedifficulty in coping with
the host culture and the country because of which they negotiate and adapt new language,
behavior, religion, lifestyleandrelationship etc. In order to show the presence of hybrid
cultural space, this study points outdifferent hybrid elements from thesestories.The critic
Homi K. Bhabha has developed the term hybriditywhichrefersto new and unidentifiable
cultural identity that has negotiation of meaning and representation. Hybriditycame outof
adaptation and negotiation by immigrants in a host country fortheiracceptanceinthe host
community fortheirsurvival.
Keywords: Community,culture,immigrants,hybridity,negotiation,adaptation,survival,host
country