• Usha B N
• Dr. Divya Mishra

Travel writing provides a rich terrain to study socio cultural realities of the places they depict. Postcolonial travel writings have received significant scholarly attention recently as they bring forth travel narratives that offer important insights into social and political concerns of contemporary world. This paper discusses the travelogue of one of the important postcolonial travel writers from India, Pankaj Mishra’s Butter Chicken in Ludhiana, Travels in Small Towns of India. Butter Chicken in Ludhiana is a travel text written during the 1990s in the context of globalization entering India and documents the changes that were seen in small towns of India in the wake of globalization from a critical perspective. The paper argues that Butter Chicken in Ludhiana serves as an example to understand how travel narratives can act as a witness to the profound socio- cultural changes occurring in the society.

Travel Writing, globalization, economic liberalization, postcoloniality, socio cultural shifts, travel as witness.

"Travel Writing as Witness: A Reading of Pankaj Mishra’s Butter Chicken in Ludhiana, Travels in Small Towns of India. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 12, page no.a363-a366, December-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2512050.pdf

"Travel Writing as Witness: A Reading of Pankaj Mishra’s Butter Chicken in Ludhiana, Travels in Small Towns of India. ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 12, page no. ppa363-a366, December-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2512050.pdf