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Diaspora refers to the displacement or scattering of people from their original geographical homeland or region to some other land or region. It is often used to describe communities or groups of people or individual who have been forced to leave their ancestral lands and relocate to other regions of the world. Diaspora refers to the sense of displacement, nostalgia and alienation. In postcolonial literature, the concept of diaspora plays a vital role in exploring the themes of identity, displacement, hybridity and cultural resilience. Postcolonial writers have drawn the issue of diaspora in their works as central theme to explore the impact of colonialism on individual, community and culture. Amitav Ghosh is one of the prominent postcolonial writers, who is captivated with diasporic issues such as displacement, alienation, exile, immigration. Ghosh's novel The Shadow Lines is one such work which aims to depict the struggles of diasporic individuals and their battle to create and maintain a concrete identity. This research paper is an attempt to discuss identity crisis of diasporic characters and their search for identity in the novel The Shadow lines.