scape the imposed concepts of identity; American and Canadian, and they physically cannot move between the international borders.

She is later granted passage and identifies as Blackfoot while passing through the border but ironically this is achieved on no mans land which questions the authenticity. Sarosh faces a similar situation. He is returning home after not being able to defecate the western way but as he’s on the plane home he accomplished his goal and finally passed movement while sitting down but it was in the air. He isn’t on land, he wasn’t in Canada nor India he finds himself in a liminal space. He cannot celebrate this victory anchored to a place. He isn’t able to say he fully adapted to the western way but at the same time he can.

Both titles have double meanings in there names. The obvious meaning for Squatter is the bathroom technique but also is defined as a person who lives in an area of land without permission. (Squatter) Sarosh is a displaced individual, who attempts to make a home on someone else’s land. Home to Sarosh is where he is from, but even though he tried to create a new home in Canada he could not adapt. Moreover when he felt defeated after 10 years of trying, he went back to India where he also felt like he was out of place because things were not the same, things have changed. The title “Borders” indicates two borders: one is the obvious physical border between Canada and USA; the other is the hidden metaphorical border between someone’s identity and citizenship,

King and Mistry’s stories portray the bigger picture of what home can mean to a person. Without a sense of identity or belongingness it is difficult to call a place is your home. It is evident that home holds a different value to each character. In King’s story the concept of home is associated with identity and pride, wh