CROSS- CULTURAL ENCOUNTER: MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVES IN JHABVALA’S HEAT AND DUST

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The British rule has been an important interlude in the long history of India. It influenced the institutions, practices and approaches to many facets of Indian way of life. It gives a glimpse of a fascinating social setting and the ferment therein. Above all, the Raj literature has always held a fascination for the writers and it evokes the smell and sounds of a bygone era. Ruth PrawerJhabvala’sHeat and Dust, a déjà vu inducing novel which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 1975, presents the wider circles of humanity in pre as well as post-independence India.This research article explores the cross- cultural relationship or interaction and sheds light on the encounter between the Orient and the Occident .It traces out the multicultural perspectives and tries to maintain a compromise between the East and the West.