Navigating The Labyrinth: Aravind Adiga's Amnesty as a Contemporary Diasporic Novel

This Paper Aims to Investigate Aravind Adiga’s The Novel Amnesty Through the Lens of Contemporary Diasporic Approach. As It Delineates the Tale of an Illegal Immigrant in Australia, Who Land There with A Student Visa and Later Decides to Stay Over Illegally. Thereby Manifests to Gain Legal and Permanent Status. The Novel Echoes Several Diasporic Themes and Situations Depicting the Ordeals of Immigrants. This Study Focuses on the Protagonist, Danny and His Diasporic Experiences as He Encounters Them Emphasizing on Identity, Displacement, Cultural Hybridity and Assimilation.

Navigation, Immigration, Identity, Displacement, Diaspora, Consciousness

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