The article offers a postcolonial reading of Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss (2006), examining the impact of colonial legacy, globalization, and diaspora on individual and collective identities. It focuses on characters such as Jemubhai Patel, Sai, and Biju to explore themes of alienation, cultural dislocation, marginalization, and economic inequality in postcolonial India and the West. The study analyzes Desai's self-reflexive narrative style, blending humour, grotesque, and tragedy to parallel political and economic realities. It highlights issues of multiculturalism, terrorism, imperialism, and the psychological consequences of colonialism, emphasizing how the novel portrays loss, identity crisis, and tentative hope within a rapidly globalizing, postcolonial world.
Research Scholar, P.G. Department of English and Research Centre, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
