Diasporic Transformations and Posthuman Possibilities: A Study of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Fiction through Post Humanist and Transhumanist Lenses

Abstract

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a well-known and much-celebrated writer for her diasporic writings. Her works often explore themes of migration, cultural conflict, and the search for identity. Many of her texts, such as Arranged Marriage and Before We Visit the Goddess, portray how women in the diaspora balance tradition
with modern life. Her retellings of Indian epics, like The Palace of Illusions and The Forest of Enchantments, can also be read in a post humanist perspective. These works shift attention away from male-centred narratives and instead highlight the voices of women, nature, and non-human elements.