If this were in a book, would it be called meta-meta-meta-fiction?

I posted this on a discussion thread also, but it's interesting to note that Aloka has found success as a writer as we see in the beginning of the book, but not always as her own identity. Aloka writes an advice column in her newspaper to Indian immigrants seeking advice in maintaining traditions and surviving in general in the cosmopolitan streets of New York:

"But who was the real Seva? The question was a hot topic of discussion at social and religious gatherings of the community...Not even Pranab, Aloka's ex-husband, had suspected it was her. This was the first secret she had kept from him. As her marriage had disintegrated, she had felt a greater need to rely on her own career and identity." (3-4)

I know I've made one too many (attempts at) psychological interpretations in class and in this blog, but I can't help myself (even though my knowledge in the field is sparse)-- I believe there was one person who suggested that everyone has three different identities, and that one of them was the more "personal" self-- the self that only you saw and kept to yourself that no one else could see--Perhaps Seva is this secret sense of self? If so, then how is Seva able to break the boundaries of privacy and reach out to the many Indians that look up to her and write letter to her? What is the connection?

I almost feel as if the connection could be traced back (if this isn't going way too far) to the Hindu belief of atman-- one soul that is a part of an oversoul. And the fact that she keeps her identity away from even her own Ex-husband kind of makes "Seva" (which means service) to be a sense of security, but at the same time it allows her to connect with strangers-- perhaps being Seva allows her to identify with the isolation of such strangers?

Seva could also be connected with the fact that Aloka's name means "light--" Aloka is able to become a guiding light to those coping with loneliness and struggles in the new city, as Indian immigrants learn to assimilate themselves into American culture.

And not to mention, looking through Proquest I noticed that the author Bharti Kirchner is very passionate about writing-- many of the articles that came up while I was doing research appeared to be about writing and getting the message across. Bharti has inserted the connection between her and writing for other people (namely, novels that readers can enjoy) into a segment of Aloka's character.