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In a globalized world, identity and belonging are complex themes, particularly for writers from the Global South addressing displacement and colonization. This paper will analyze Leena Dhingra’s Amritvela, focusing on the protagonist Meera and characters like Bibiji and Aunt Daya as they navigate and reclaim their identities in the fluid de/reterritorialized spaces of home in postcolonial and transnational contexts. This paper will analyze how characters navigate feelings of displacement and belonging in de/reterritorialized environments. It will explore their experiences of acculturation and hybridization in liminal spaces, highlighting trauma, identity crises, and discrimination. Through Meera’s journey, Dhingra examines the complexities of identity and home amid migration, showing that both are continually negotiated in shifting contexts.
Jemima Rahaman. “Home in the Clouds: Fluid Identity and Diasporic Belonging in a De/Reterritorialized Space in Leela Dhingra’s Amritvela.” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 17, no. 2, Apr. 2026, pp. 501–517. DOI, https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.31.
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