Geetanjali Shree’s A Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi): Translating/Traversing the Borders of Home and Exile

Abstract

Geetanjali Shree’s A Tomb of Sand follows the odyssey of an octogenarian Ma slipping into depression after her husband’s demise. It highlights several issues concerning gender roles, class, nationality religion and many others. This article brings forth how the tragic story is juxtaposed with magical realism using a playful tone. The work is a part of Partition literature diasporic experience of alienation and nostalgia is addressed in the intricate storytelling and intense characterization. The paper tries to explore how the physical and emotional travels turn as metaphors to reconcile fragmented identities in a world of loss and change.