Towards Understanding The Psyche of The Malaysian Diaspora: A Reading of K. S. Maniam’s Short Stories

This paper examines the issue of psychical fragmentation of people of the diasporathrough the main theme of nation building. It will study four short stories by K.S.Maniam which have identityand hybridityas their underlying themes. They present different perspectives of the same dilemma of a people living in an alien land.