Monika Sharma

Pardeshon Ke Safar Mein... Monika Sharma

The book 'Pardeshon Ke safar Mein.....' portrays the experiences and emotions of immigrants who are migrating to the foreign lands in search of better jobs and a bright future . In fulfilling their cherished goals, they leave behind their family members who always had been the pillars of strength and unflinching emotional support to them. These family members get nothing in return except loneliness and pangs of separations, ultimately distorting their relations. Their little children become grown up individuals waiting for their father to come back . Before they could make up to move back to their homeland, the parents of many of them proceed to their last journey. The book at the same time also depicts the feelings of immigrants, their struggle to find their identity in a totally new set up. They attempt to adapt a new culture but their nostalgic past, their curious attachment to their homeland, culture and religion shake them. They yearn to come back but they can't because of their obligations in the new set up . The book divided in six segments narrates the mixed feelings of migrant's family and a migrant who runs from pillar to post, crossing the boundaries of time and money to become one with his new surroundings, the pangs of loneliness of his beloved, his attachment with the new land, his longing to return to his homeland and a call of his motherland to come back.