Exploring the Various Cultural Practices in Indian Writings
P. Pandia Rajammal1, S. Raj Kumar2
1P. Pandia Rajammal, Department of English, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education College, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
2S. Raj Kumar, Department of English, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education College, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 05 January 2020 | Revised Manuscript received on 27 January 2020 | Manuscript Published on 04 February 2020 | PP: 9-11 | Volume-8 Issue-4S4 December 2019 | Retrieval Number: D10041284S419/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.D1004.1284S419
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Abstract: Culture is a community or set or group of people that has similar experience in which the inidividuals belonging to it perceive the universe. It constitutes aggregates of people based on various factors such as race, religion, nationality, gender, class, etc.. Indian tradition is one of the oldest and unique in the world. It combines the diverse linguistic and cultural tradition which exists within the country. Indian writers like Vikram Seth, Jhumpa Lahiri, Salman Rushdie, Vikas Swarup, David Davidar, Rohinton Mistry express opinions to their nations through history, tradition, culture and other controversial yet important problems in their fictions. This paper focuses on the issue of multiculturalism and cultural assimilation in literature. Lahiri has shown the need to go beyond the man made boundaries like culture, religion, race and nation acknowledge the universal aspects of human through her writings. The novel, Lowland reflects the globalised, multicultural and transnational culture.
Keywords: Assimilation, Cultural, Globalised, Multiculturalism, Transnational, Universal.
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences