Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace and Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red: A Comparison

The paper aims to form a comprehensive and in-depth study of the theme multiculturalism as portrayed within selected novels Orhan Pamuk Amitav Ghosh. reputed Indian novelist Ghosh has carved distinct segment for himself world fiction even who writes exquisite won Nobel award. Pamuk’s work often touches on deep rooted tensions spiritual conflict between East West, tradition modernism or secularism. Loss identity occurs in an alien land novel owing colonial impact postcolonial context. These are ideas that involve relationship individuals belonging identical different communities sometimes transgress transcend shadow lines political borders. Depicting meticulously lives diaspora Burma, this taken lot time Ghosh, travelling boundaries south Asian countries incorporate events novel. tells story colonizer-colonized through temporal spatial journeys his characters. talkabout national identity, oppression, diaspora, exile host such factors which influence construction nation. Both novelists deals with culture, nationality, tradition, east west, communication, defending individual’s rights expression belief arguing against religious nationalism.