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This article aims to explore the way Bharati Gautam’s memoir Vigata ra Baduli [Past and Hiccups] (2020) connects the writer with her homeland. Home and homeland are out of some major loci of diasporic life and the discourse. Diasporic writings deal with homeland both as a real place to return and an imaginary reality for those transnational migrants who have no chance of physical return to the place left back. To study the writer’s homeland connection as expressed in the book, this study uses qualitative methodology with its interpretative approach for analysis. The theoretical input is the diasporic discourse related to home and homeland. For the diasporans, homeland is the root of their life, culture, language and in total the life they live in the hostland. The time a diaspora loses its physical, imaginary or emotional connection with the homeland, it stops being a diaspora. Thus, every diasporic writing has some kind of homeland connection. The study finds that Gautam’s memoirs deal with her love and respect for the root. These feelings are expressed through her nostalgia, symbols and culture she follows in the USA. Similarly, her own and her children’s critical thoughts on Nepal and Nepali socio-cultural praxis also highlight their connection with the homeland. It is hoped that this study is useful to find how Nepali Diaspora connects itself with Nepal. It may encourage the researchers to work in this field.
本文旨在探讨巴拉蒂·高塔姆(Bharati Gautam)的回忆录《过去与打嗝》(Vigata ra Baduli, 2020)如何将作家与她的祖国联系起来。家和祖国不在流散生活和话语的一些主要位置上。散居文学将祖国既是一个真实的回归之地,也是那些没有机会实际返回家乡的跨国移民的想象现实。为了研究作者在书中所表达的祖国联系,本研究采用定性方法和解释方法进行分析。理论输入是与家和祖国相关的流散话语。对于流散者来说,祖国是他们生活、文化、语言的根源,也是他们在祖国生活的根源。一旦侨民与祖国失去了身体上、想象上或情感上的联系,就不再是侨民了。因此,每一种流散写作都有某种本土联系。研究发现,高塔姆的回忆录处理了她对根的爱和尊重。这些情感通过她在美国所追随的怀旧、象征和文化来表达。同样,她和她的孩子们对尼泊尔和尼泊尔社会文化实践的批判性思考也突出了他们与祖国的联系。希望本研究对尼泊尔侨民如何与尼泊尔连结有所帮助。这可能会鼓励研究人员在这一领域工作。