Cultural and Linguistic Hybridization: A Critical Study of Nadeem Aslam’s Maps for Lost Lover

This research paper aims to center on Pakistani diaspora literature and especially attempts analyze Pakistani-born British writer Nadeem Aslam through Bhabha's concept of cultural hybridity also focuses the interplaying between linguistic analyse Aslam‘s fiction language hybridization. Maps for Lost Lover is, one most important novels in literature, presented quest identities, lack hybridization, hybridity. It is explore new transcultural forms within contact zone produced by colonization wants show maintenance a sense balance among values, customs beliefs two or more different cultures. Dashta-e-Tanhaii, as multicultural place with residents like Muslims, Sikhs, Bengalis British, occupies central novel. Where we see has shown reality immigrated people Britain. Linguistic hybridization defines process frequently code-mixing. The structure applied vocabulary another language. that resultant frequent There are many examples borrowing words code-mixing such mung dahl, dhak-dhak, dhram, chuk-chuk, parvardigar, kameez, aloo bhurta, Assalamualaikum, etc. Thus, this analyses Lovers (2004) Homi K that’s knowledge enriches readers’ understanding literary pieces can supplement their interpretation.