Diaspora and Literary Conflicts

Abstract

Colonialism has given rise to myriad experiences. Diosporic experience is one among them. For many reasons one becomes diasporic. If during the colonial period the political situation was the reason for the diasporic movement, in the postcolonial period globalization forced many to move to different parts of the world. Some moved for security reasons, while some others moved for economic reasons. Robert J. C. Young opines that, “postcolonialism is about changing world,” (2002: 7). Taking this queue from Young, Usha Bande says; “this changing world is brought about by migration, multiculturalism and globalization that have become the defining paradigm for diasporas” (2008: 22). Concomitantly, all the recent diasporas with certain exceptions, are voluntary and whatever literature that has been produced through the diasporic experience is “the product of shared culture and shared history” (22).