Cross Cultural Consciousness in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine

Abstract

This paper aims to bring out the cross-cultural consciousness in Jasmine, the protagonist of the novel. Bharati Mukherjee, an Indian born diasporic writer finds difficulty to disconnect herself from Indian set of minds. In her novels she writes about her struggle, her difficulty in adapting to foreign culture and the age-old traditions and customs of her, which she cannot write without it. “Jasmine” is a story of a Punjabi young woman whose cultural conflicts leads in search of identity crisis. Through the character of Jasmine Mukherjee has beautifully brought out the cross-cultural sufferings of Jasmine which in some way matches Bharathi Mukherjee herself.