Cultural Confrontation in the Select Novels of Bharati Mukherjee and Shashi Tharoor

Abstract

Culture is the important phenomena in the human life. It is the way of life. newlineWhere there is the man, there is the culture. Therefore, in every society, we see the newlineculture, though having the differences in it. The language, clothes, living styles, newlinereligions, politics, conceptions of male and woman powers, education and so many newlinethings can be covered under the title of the culture. Culture can be defined as the sum newlinetotal of all that is reflected in the mode of life of people. newlineThe Indian mind has been shaped by remarkably diverse forces such as, the newlineancient Hindu tradition, myth, scripture; the impact of Islam and Christianity; and two newlinecenturies of British Colonial rule. The result is unique. Pluralism is a reality that newlineemerges from the very nature of India. With diversity emerging from the geography newlineof India and inscribed in the history of India, India is made for pluralism. Tharoor newlinetells The singularity about India is that we can speak about it in the plural. Tharoor newlineproves the point that the dynamics of Indian society are constantly changing and new newlineidentities are created through a healthy optimism. Ethnicity and language may newlinecomplicate the question of identity and the identity of an Indian may span from one newlineset of identities and cross into another. But secularism and multiple identities will set newlinethe boundaries far and negotiable. newlineThe modern age is specific in the various ways. Due to the changed life style, newlinethe culture of man is to be considered in the new light. We have moved away from the newlineGandhian era of village centrism to the city centrism of the Post-Emergency era. The newline local has shifted from the village to the metropolis of our country and then abroad. newlineWhen the world has become a global village , no culture or society is pure or insular newlinetoday. Therefore, we see Indian English fiction now takes characters, situations both newline2 newlinefrom inside the country and abroad to discuss more and more about cultural newlineconfrontation between the East and the West. There could be a sea-gap between the newlinecultures of different nati