• Dr. Kavita Mehta

There is no doubt in denying the fact that Kamala Markandaya occupies a prominent and towering place among those Indian writers who have faithfully depicted the cultural conflict in their works. Her novels represent this conflict through the clash of Eastern and Western ideas. Her novel Nectar in a Sieve is a powerful exploration of the transparent cultural struggle through the main protagonist, Rukmani and Dr. Kenny. Nathan and Rukmani are the representative s of Eastern values, whereas Dr. Kenny and industrialisation is symbolic of Western values. This conflict can be traced in her works as she first depicts the confrontation of these cultural aspects which leads towards the reconciliation at the end of her works.

Culture, hegemony, clash, preserved, confrontation.

"Kamala Markandaya’s Cultural Tour from Confrontation to Reconciliation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 12, page no.1109-1113, December-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912150.pdf

"Kamala Markandaya’s Cultural Tour from Confrontation to Reconciliation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 12, page no. pp1109-1113, December-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1912150.pdf