Estrangement and Seclusion in the Inheritance of Loss

Abstract

Estrangement and Seclusion as a theme has been recurrent in the Indian English fiction. It has become a significant concern for post-modern writers including Kiran Desai. The sense of estrangement forms the general psyche of the contemporary society. Estrangement is frequently describes as ‘estrangement’ of an individual or the group of people in a large society. These alienated people often challenge the validity of certain accepted norms which are already in existence. Kiran Desai portrays a story which is thrilling chaotic, pathetic and a life infused by the problems faced by common people. She addresses the dismal sentiment and feelings of her mute immigrant characters that neither speak nor display their inner beings. She has aim to present her characters in a simplified way to attain the basic goal of satiation. She has unraveled their interior to entwine with assumption and dreams to achieve the material zenith. Nimi is the suppressed and repressed woman characters, whose desires are suppressed and had taken a form that is unbearable.