This article examines racial and religious discrimination as depicted in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni?s novels Queen of Dreams and One Amazing Thing, focusing on the experiences of South Asian immigrants in the United States. It explores issues of racism, religious intolerance, cultural alienation, identity crisis, and marginalization, particularly in the post-9/11 socio-political context. Through characters such as Rakhi, Belle, Jespal, Tariq, and Jiang, the study highlights how immigrants and second-generation diaspora confront prejudice, mistaken identities, and institutional racism. The article also discusses inter-racial and inter-religious relationships, cultural assimilation, and the psychological impact of discrimination. It argues that Divakaruni?s fiction promotes humanism, empathy, and the dissolution of rigid boundaries of race, religion, and nationality, advocating brotherhood, peace, and social harmony in a globalized world.
Research Scholar, Department of English, Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
