Generally, diaspora (expatriate) refers to people of a nation or region living outside the boundaries of their own country and sharing some common bonds. Originally the term ‘Diaspora’ was used to refer to the dispersal of Jews from their homeland. Recently diaspora writing receives unprecedented acclaim because of globalization. Dislocation creates severe problem for the immigrants living abroad. This article discusses unhomely home of the diasporas which is constructed geographically and psychologically by encountering the alien culture based on Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Namesake. The notion of home for Diasporas has become an injured concept which forces them to face scars and fractures, blisters and sores, and psychic traumas on the move. In such a situation, unhomely home refers to the condition of living here and belonging elsewhere. Jhumpa Lahiri tells the story of two generations of Indian family and their struggle to acculturate themselves in the west. It looks into the predicament of name and sense of identity and belongingness of the characters of the Indian origin and immigrants in the USA.

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Keywords: Diaspora, Globalization, Alien Culture, Psychic Traumas, Unhomely Home.