POSTCOLONIAL IDENTITY AND THE STRUGGLE FOR BELONGING IN KIRAN DESAI'S, THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS

Kiran Desai, a great novelist, draws the impact of post-colonialism on compelling certain individuals to struggle for existence in her novel “The Inheritance of Loss”. Sai and Biju are the central characters of the recent literary work who witness the harsh reality of “colonial legacies” through their lives. The present paper concentrates on representing the effects of migration and internationalization on afforested characters. Entire concept regarding “post-colonial identity” is merged with the notion related to “cultural hybridity” proposed by Homi K. Bhaba. In the present novel, Sai and Biju become failures in creating their identities in foreign land and home land