Literature and Culture: A Global Perspective

Dr. Ashok Chaskar Dr. Prashant Mothe

Aadi Publications Jaipur India Contents

Preface v

1. Cross-cultural Relations in Bharati Mukherjee's The Tiger's Daughter 1 —Dr. Ashok Chaskar

2. Multiculturalism in Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss 7

—Dr. Prashant Mothe

3. Exile and Cultural Alienation in Anita Desai's Bye-Bye Blackbird— An Analysis 14 —Y. Vyas & Dr. Hetal J. Mehta 4. Shifting Identities and Colliding Cultures in Khamosh Pani: The Trauma of Partition 20

—Dr. Farzana S. Ali

5. Divergent Culture; Identical Stance of Deshpande's and Lahiri's Women 26 —Lovleen Bains

6. Cultural Encounters in Bharati Mukherjee's The Middleman and Other Stories 35 —Dr. Rajesh Shashikant Latane 7. Cultural Diversity in Nargis Dalal's The Girls from Overseas 41 —Dr. Anita Mudkanna (X)

8. Re-visioning the Cultural Epistemes of Patriarchy through Vedic and Bhakti Literature 48 —Dr. Rashmi Tikku 9. Literary Festivals in India: Cultural Politics and Trends 58 —Dr. Shelly Narang 10. A Study of Socio-cultural Navigation in Bhabani Bhattacharya's Shadow from Ladakh 66 —Tanmoy Kundu & Kripasindhu Layek 11. Cross-cultural Conflicts Reflected in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake 69 —Dr. K. Rajani & M. Gopal Naidu 12. Diasporic Consciousness and Multiculturalism in Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss 75 —Dr. Vipin Kumar Pandey 13. Death of Culture: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart—A Retrospect of Colonization 82 —Gulab Karim Shaikh

14. Cultural Assimilation in the Novels of Bharati Mukherjee 86 —Padmini N. Mane

15. Impact of Christian Religion on African Cultural Values 94 —Jones M. Jaja & Paul B. Badey 16. Socio-cultural Realism in the Writing of Bapsi Sidhwa: A Post-colonial Perspective 105 —Dr. Totawad Nagnath Ramrao

17. Focus on Multiculturalism in Canada 108

—Neeharika Rawat

18. The Culture and Life of the Tribes in Maharashtra 123 Dr. Pradnyashailee Sawai & Dr. Sanjay Lohakare 19. The Culture of Assam as Viewed by Soncu Moharaj 129 —Rini Banerjee 20. Edward Said's Cidture and Imperialism: An Assessment 135 —Dr. Jinu George 21. Cultural Materialism: Issues in Literature 139 —Rajes S. Gore (xi)

22. Cultural Encounter and Failure of Cross-cultural Marriage in Sunetra Gupta's Memories of Rain 144 —Dr. Vikas Yadav Raskar

23. Culture and Human Values: A Global Phenomenon 148 —Mousumi Guha Banerjee 24. Longing for Belonging: Dislocation, Identity Crisis and Transcultural Space in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland 154 —Ms. Maitrayee Misra 25. The Study of Cultural Conflicts in Chitra Banerjee's Arranged Marriage with Reference to the Story "The Bats" and "Clothes" 163 —Shripad Arun Joshi 26. Parsi Socio-cultural Milieu in Bapsi Sidhwa's The Crow Eaters 173 —Dr. Ajay Kumar Sharma & Dr. Yogesh Kumar 27. Multicultural Aspects of Indian Diaspora: A Reading of Jhumpa Lahiri's Fiction 183 —Dr. Arun Kumar Yadav 28. Socio-cultural Dynamics of Identity in Shashi Deshpande's The Dark Holds No Terrors 196 —Rajani Moti 29. Clash of Cultures in Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies 204 —Probin Hazarika

30. Glimpses and Reflections on Muslim Culture in Anees Salim's Novels Vanity Bagh and Tales from a Vending Machine 209 —Dr. Asma Salim Khan 31. Human Dignity and Cultural Identity 214 —Balasaheb Ramchandra Salve 32. Post-colonial Cultural Theory: Rushdie's Midnight's Children 220 —Dr. Sangita T. Ghodake 33. Modern Cultural Representation in Chetan Bhagat's 2 States 229 —Aparna Tiwari 34. Cultural and Producers of Culture: TV Advertisements from the Perspective of Cultural Studies 234 —Jayant R. Salve (xii)

35. A Study of Cultural Designs of Society in Sudeep Sen's Poetry 241 —Vandana Chaawla 36. Representation of Socio-cultural Aspect of African in Chinua Achebe's Arrow of God 249 —Ram Prakash Gupt

37. A Question on Woman's Identity: A Cross-cultural Study with Special Reference to Atwood's Surfacing 254 —Dr. Archana Durgesh & Mrs. Shobhna Singh 38. Socio-cultural Issues in the Plays of George Bernard Shaw 263 —Nishtha Mishra 39. Our Cultural Legacy and Glory: Folk Songs of Bhulabai 273 —Dr. Vandana Pathak

40. Fostering Multiculturalism on University Campuses: A Global Perspective 284 —Dr. Ashok Chaskar 41. G.N. Devy: A Cultural Critic with A Humanistic Approach 293 —Dr. Basavaraj Donur Contributors 304

Index 308