Double Sufferings of Females in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies

Abstract

This research works explores the Double Sufferings of Females among migrated Indians to Europe and America in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Interpreter of Maladies. Females are suffering from the diaspora and female identity. They have pain, distress and alienation problems. The problems arise due to the diaspora experiences and the socio-cultural formation. Almost all the female characters are facing the complexity to adjust in the new social and cultural periphery. They are from a strict cultural background and have to follow the new culture. For example, Mrs. Sen of the story “Mrs. Sen’s” suffers from identity crisis and alienation. Boori Ma of the story “A Real Durwan” faces problems of dislocation and pain. In the story “Treatment of Bibi Halder” the female character suffers miserable hysteria and social domination.

Though this collection contains nine different stories, I have selected only five. I used Diaspora cum Feminism modality that exposes the inner agony of immigrant females. This thesis divided into different subheadings. The first heading introduces the females suffering, Diaspora, interpreter of maladies and about writer Jhumpa Lahiri. The second discusses the theory of diaspora and feminism in details. The third headings analyze the test with double female suffering with including the literary review and final heading sum up the main arguments.