Representation of Dispersed Identity in the Novels of Arundhati Roy and Amit Chaudhuri

Abstract

This article addresses the issue of dispersed identity and studies various cultural phenomena in which the idea of a horizontal cultural space within a nation seems to be ruptured. The fictional characters of Arundhati Roy and Amit Chaudhuri exhibit a disseminating and dispersed nature of identities. They seem to be trapped in an interstitial space, reflecting the ambivalent nature of nation, national identity and national culture