Formation of Stable Identity in Bharati Mukherjee’sThe Tiger’s Daughter
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The present research work basically focuses on Bharati Mukherjee`sfirst novelThe
Tiger’sDaughter.It studies the protagonist’s ceaseless efforts tofind her true self. During the
course of the novel,Tara undergoes a series of changes that creates a different identity in her
encounterwith the people that come one after another in her life. She remains in a state offlux
andlongs for stable identitythatcan provide meaning and position in her new diasporic
world.Her constant movement in the alien and native land clearly shows her continuous efforts
to stand different in the crowd with a definite identity.