Desh and Videsh: Be/Longingness in Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine

The story of Jasmine talks about shifting, nostalgia, aspiring to the original hometown, and reconstructing the connection with the past through memory. The novel starts with the prediction of Jyoti's widow and astrologer about exile. "For a while, astrologer listened to under the banyan trees of Hasnapur village - he placed his satellite dish on the star - tells me the exile and my widow" (1). As she was not defeated by the prophecy, she continued her life and married Prakash Vijh. Prakash wants to help transform her from "Jyoti" to "Jasmine" as she becomes a modern urban woman.

Jasmine was a novel written by Bharati Mukherjee in 1989. Mukherjee is an immigrant from Calcutta in India and has written numerous articles on Indian culture and history, the experience of immigrants in American novels and nonfiction. Although the events of Jasmine are fictitious, the author says she is heavily influenced by her experience. This novel is based on the initial short story of Mukherjee's earlier work "Middleman and Other Stories", its length is rich and extends to the length of the novel.

Jasmine (1989) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee about American young Indian women who are used to American lives and try to change their identities over and over. The experience of shifting and replacing in Mukasi's own life helped her record the hero's immigration experience in this novel. Based on the early short story of "Middleman and Other Stories", Jasmine tells the story of a 17 - year - old girl who became a widow after her husband was killed by a bomb attack. She and her husband were originally planning to move to Florida, but due to his death Jasmine continued his journey. On the way, when she traveled from Florida to New York City, Iowa, she faced many obstacles.

In Bharati Mukherjee 's novel "Jasmine", this character has some similarities with the author, but there are many differences. Both were born in India, but Jasmine was not born with wealth. As Jasmine does not have the same resources as Bharati, it is difficult for her to leave home and immigrate to America. One of the similarities between Jasmine and the author is that they want to pursue what they want and do not stop before getting it. The motivation for Baladi is to become a writer, but Jasmine will go to America. Another similarity is that I find it difficult to find their identity when they move to America. This is one of the themes of Jasmine.