Representation of India in the Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

Abstract:

Like  her mother  Anita  Desai, Kiran  Desai  emerges as  a  gifted writer.  She is the winner of  Man Booker  Prize,  2006. Kiran Desai  is deeply  interested  in India.  The  present paper  endeavours  to bring forth  the  various aspects  of  India  and  its  people. Entire  novel is set in  the backdrop of  insurgency rising in the  North-East. The novel opens and ends with insurgency. She openly talks about  GLNF movement,  Indian  culture, Multiculturalism, Immigration,  topographical  description of   nature through  the characters of  the novel . This  novel  is essentially  a  study of losses-  loss  of culture,  loss  of identity,  loss  of human  relations,  loss of  emotional  binding, loss  of   human values  etc. Kiran  Desai makes  the  novel Indian  -  both by  contents  and form. She  uses  a number of  slangs,  dialectic words,  abuses  of  various  regions,  vulgar and  obscene  expressions. " The  Inheritance of  loss"  was the result of eight years'  of work,  writing  of broken  people,  difficult lives;  writing not just about India but about the Indian communities in the world.