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Abstract
Identity of a person originates from belonging: belonging to a particular place, position, gender, race, region, religion and even to a particular period of time. A change even in the least part of the these elements can make a tremendous alterations to the self and identity and thereby cause identity crisis. Literature often portray this when the characters undergo Uprootedness and sometimes provide resolution to it. This paper analyses the role of the past in determining the present and future through the memories and recollections of the protagonist in the semi-autobiographical novel Roots (1966) written by Malayatoor Ramakrishnan, a renowned writer in Malayalam.