A Study of Cultural Dichotomies due to Social Displacement in Select South Asian Migrant Narratives

In this research, cultural dichotomy is understood to be a key psychosocial outcome post migration. Hence this paper discusses the cultural aspects like language, food, dressing, as well as race, economy, and gender which essentially contribute to the social and psychological differences among migrants. This paper shows how the dissimilar nature of cultures and lifestyles between the homeland and the host land cause cultural dichotomies among migrants. Its works towards understanding the roots of cultural dichotomies to help the migrants improve the quality of their lives thereby making them evolve from being cultural to transcultural beings. Further this research contributes towards breaking the existing stereotype - of migration being a male centric activity - by studying migration of women in different contexts in literature written by female migrant writers of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.