Melancholic Travelers

The analysis focuses on the experiences of post-colonial female travelers from South Asia, exploring themes of femininity, silence, loss, and migration. It presents traveling as a means of creating meaning through movement and displacement, while highlighting the paradox of liminality that these subjects experience. The narrative emphasizes the need for travelers to first define their identities before challenging external boundaries, ultimately leading to a transformative journey toward newfound agency and liberating instability.