Bharati Mukerjee’s Diasporic analysis of “The Holder of the World”

Abstract

    Bharati Mukherjee (1940–2017) was a highly acclaimed Indian-born American author, widely recognized as a major voice in postcolonial, diasporic, and American immigrant literature. She was a prolific writer of novels, short story collections, and non-fiction, often exploring the experiences of migration, cultural identity, and the transformation of the self in a new world.The story operates on two parallel timelines, linked by the central mystery of a legendary diamond and a remarkable woman who traveled across continents. Main characters in Bharati Mukherjee's novel The Holder of the World are divided between two different time periods, with their stories intertwining to form the narrative: