芭拉蒂·穆克吉的《老虎的女儿》主要讲述了接受美国教育的印度女子塔拉的返家之旅。主人公纠缠在逐渐遗忘的印度记忆与自己美国化的思想之间,不断地追问自我文化身份,最终意识到自己已经成为本土文化上的他者。这本有很强的自传元素的小说深刻表现了以塔拉为代表的印度移民对故国文化从亲近到疏离的精神实质。 Bharati Mukherjee’s “The Tiger’s Daughter” mainly talks about the return journey of the Indian woman Tara who is educated by the United States. The protagonist is entangled in the gradually forgotten Indian memory and his own Americanized thoughts, continuously querying the identity of self-culture and finally realizing that she has become the native culture’s other. This novel with a strong autobiographical element profoundly expresses the essence of Indian immigrants represented by Tara, from closeness to alienation of the homeland culture.