Feelings of Isolation and Loss in Jhumpa Lahiri’s When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine

Abstract

Aristotle has rightly said, ‘Man is by nature a social and political animal’.(Asikaogu 37).It means a human being cannot live without the company of other human beings which inferentially states that company of others has the survival value in it. The others should be those with whom one accompanied and got habitual to live. Otherwise one feels isolated even in the company of other human beings that really happens with the diaspora people. They feel isolated and detached from the culture and its people with whom they became habitual in the past. Isolation increases social anxiety and leads human being towards low self-esteem and loss. Therefore isolation and loss is a social issue that is handled by the diaspora writers with their own experiences. Jhumpa Lahiri is one of the diaspora writers who invite discourse on isolation and loss through their short stories. Hence, the purpose of the research article is to locate the feelings of isolation and loss in Jhumpa Lahiri’s When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine.