Reflecting Zoroastrian Culture in Bapsi Sidhwa’s An American Brat

Abstract

In the age of globalization when the language and culture of man, in uniformity, seems to be Westernized, at a deeper level, is maintained by local folk. These local folks, in the globalizing world, feared of losing their culture, language and identity grip it more tightly than ever before and struggle hard to ensure their presence through both the direct and indirect ways. The Parsis, a micro-minority community which now on the verge of extinction, is trying hard to maintain their presence in every possible-way. In this regard most of the Parsi writers concern themselves with their culture, tradition, and identity. Bapsi Sidhwa, a Pakistani-Parsi writer who now lives in Houston, Texas, America, is also concerned with the Parsi faith. Sidhwa has authored a number of novels, of which the most important, based on the community, are The Crow Eaters (1978), Ice Candy Man (1988), The Pakistani Bride (1990), and An American Brat (1993). For the paper, Sidhwa’s An American Brat has been chosen to analyse from the view point of its culture, identity, and language.