The Different Manifestations of a Colonial Legacy: A Brief Study of Two Indian Diaspora Poems

Mini C K

Abstract: Diaspora Indian writers have always engaged themselves in the processes of knowing, living it out and translating their experiences of being uprooted from their motherland while yet struggling to understand what their migration and the reallocation in a new continent means for them. There seems to be a marked departure in the writings of contemporary Indian diaspora writers from their predecessors in the subjects they choose, in the manner in which they treat the subject as well as in their mode of representations. This article is a brief account of two first generation Indian diaspora poets, Syed Amanuddin and Sujata Bhatt who migrated to the US in two different decades of the 20th century. The poets share their thoughts and experiences of living in the US in English that is very different from that of the native speakers there. Syed Amanuddin was born in 1934 in Mysore, Karnataka and moved to the US after his Post-graduation in India. Sujata Bhatt was born in 1956 in Gujarat and moved to the US as a child with her parents in 1968.

Keywords: Diaspora, trauma, resistance, identity, colonial legacy

How to Cite?: Mini C K, "The Different Manifestations of a Colonial Legacy: A Brief Study of Two Indian Diaspora Poems", Volume 12 Issue 8, August 2023, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 623-626, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=MR23804153113, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/MR23804153113