April 2020
47
ISSN 2278 0742
The Ordeal of Anjali in going Local to Global: A Study of Bharti Mukherjee’s Miss New India Mamta Bisht Abstract: The paper aims to bring forth the different facets of globalization as depicted by Bharti Mukherjee in her latest novel Miss New India. Bharti Mukherjee was a writer of Indian Diaspora and it is interesting to perceive the global India through her point of view. This work, having a female protagonist, has been skillfully weaved into a story that represents the society and culture of the high tech city of India post liberalization. The progress in India‘s economy and social standards has changed a lot many things in India. The everyday experiences, demands of time, personal hopes, ambitions and the challenges in this New India have changed too. In Miss New India, Mukherjee penetrates into the complexities of the lives of the young girls, who come from small towns to these urban areas to live free and independent lives. In the background of struggle for new subjectivity, Bharti Mukherjee explores the impact of globalization on cities as well as small towns expressed in terms of hopes for a better life in the urban cities, complexity of high tech society and disillusionment caused by the dark realities.
Keywords: Urban-Rural, Disillusionment, Globalization, Liberalization, Local-Global
Ever since the Indian government opted for economic liberalization in 1991, there has been a landmark shift in the social, economical and political condition of India. The liberal policies and foreign capital coming to India have created the job market for the Indian youth. Most of the countries have come on liberal terms for the betterment of their economies; consequently the faded territories have constructed a global world and are further creating global citizens. The world has gone under a kind of metamorphosis and India is no exception. The exchange of world views and ideas has resulted in a major changeover of the lifestyle and living standards of people. This had far reaching impacts on all spheres of life globally. India has also made a leap towards modernization. With the emergence of globalization, our deep rooted orthodox traditions and customs have also loosened up their clasps. India has a rich cultural background which is popular throughout the world. Globalization has not only helped in the westernization of India, but conversely Indian culture has also extended its
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