East West Encounter in the select novels of Kamala Markandaya and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala A Comparative Study

Abstract

Indo-Anglican literature grew significantly after our independence in 1947, particularly in the fiction genre. In the post-independence era, the Indian novel grew in variety and significance. The first Indo-Anglican female novelists debuted in late nineteenth-century Indo-Anglican literature. After independence, however, they were able to make a considerable contribution to Indo-Anglican literature. After independence, many well-known female novelists contributed to the development of Indo-Anglican fiction by bringing a feminine perspective to the genre. Since the head and the heart are intimately linked in a human interaction, Indian women writers examine it in depth. Women writers have taken on this monumental responsibility of battling against long-held traditions in order to make the transition as painless and meaningful as possible. Quality female Indian English-language novelists began emerging only after World War II. Kamala Markandaya and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala are two of the most notable authors in this group. The clash between Indian and Western cultures symbolised by the East-West encounter. It s a battle between spirituality and secularism, religion and nationalism, and spirituality and progressivism. newlineAuthor Kamala Markandaya is currently living in London as an expatriate writer Her personality has been shaped by the Indian cultural ethos as a result of her upbringing and education in India. At the same time, Markandaya is fluent in English. Whether she is able to meet the limits of language while characterising her diverse characters in her Indian novels and the Indian milieu is the focus of this investigation. They are both concerned with the interplay between the East and the West in their writings. Every work by Markandaya features an East versus West struggle, or at least a profound resentment of it. Presenting this topic, it appears that she is most interested in exploring the tensions between different races and civilizations. Social, political, and cultural factors all have a role in the escalat