http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/homelands Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 11 May 2026 13:01:38 -0400 Mon, 11 May 2026 13:01:38 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/217/mind-sweet-mind-a-closer-look-at-salman-rushdies-invisible-homeland-in-east-west By Cassandra A. Clarke - Every person has a birthplace, a starting point that offers a sense of identity for an individual. Through this start, this receding to the roots mentality, one examines their present in terms of their constructed past. Salman Rushdie touches upon this concept of past to present comparison within his vignette “The Courter,” in his novel East, West. Throughout “The Courter,” there is an everlasting push and pull of “worlds in transition,” between the Indian character Mary and her family, as they attempt to adapt culturally to England (Bahris, 13). However, since... Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:04 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/217/mind-sweet-mind-a-closer-look-at-salman-rushdies-invisible-homeland-in-east-west