40. Literature by South Asian Diaspora: With special reference to Rohinton Mistry's Works Zehra Bi, Research Scholar, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P. Sk. Shaheen, Research Scholar, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P. Prof. K. Ratna Shiela Mani, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P. The word Diaspora gained popularity in the modern world. The word is used more badly for any movement of population sharing common culture and ethnic identity. The common reasons behind the migration of the people were religious prosecution, aiming for the growth of economical position or for better future. South Asian Diaspora writings received an unprecedented attention and acclaim in the modern days. The salient characteristic of South Asian Diaspora is to interrogate colonial history. The themes of diaspora writers were agony of partition, nostalgia, alienation and displacement. The Indian Diasporic writers had been divided into two distinct groups- The first group comprised of those who spent part of their life and carried the baggage of their native land off shore. In the words of Khanna Narula: " The Indian Diasporic writers are split into a complex space between two worlds and two cultures; they can neither forget the world or culture they have come out of and which would be different if they returned to it now; nor can they fully assimilate into and be acclaimed by the world or culture they have adopted because they cannot subvert their own identities totally. (2005: 35)". The other group comprised of those who had been bred since childhood outside India. They had a view of their country only from the outside as an exotic place of their origin and thus found themselves rootless. Rohinton Mistry belongs to the former group of diasporic writers. As an Indian who now lives and writes from Canada, he is a writer of Indian Diaspora. Priyambda Singh explained the major reasons of Mistry's expatriation based on Mistry's confession in the Literary Journal Rungh that his departure from India was partly encouraged by the expectation of his peers, especially of his generations. After finishing college in Bombay or elsewhere in India, one had to go to abroad for higher studies. If possible one had to find a job after finishing a Masters or PhD in the states or in England, find a job and settle in the country. That's how success is defined by Indians that is one of the reasons for Mistry's migration to Canada, which is in some ways decided for him (1993: 2). It is obvious that the diasporic writer dealt with their homeland, a place from where the displacement occurs and recounts narratives of painful journey which was undertaken on account of economic, social and political compulsions. No doubt that we may find the quest for a buried cultural identity and naturally an authentic space for existence of their cultural mores in diasporic writings. Writers like Neil Bissoondath, Uma Parameswaram, Himani Benerjee, Rohinton Mistry, Farukh Dhondy, Bapsi Sidhwa etc. through their writings projected the dilemmas and struggles of South Asian Diaspora. These