Postcolonial Identity and Globalization In The Fiction of Vikram Chandra: A Critical Study of Red Earth, Pouring Rain, and Sacred Games
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Indian English fiction is a deal now because it talks about the changes happening in India after it got free from colonial rule. Vikram Chandra is one of the interesting writers in this field because he writes about who we are, how the world is getting smaller how cities are changing and how different cultures are mixing together. His books put together history, old stories and what is happening in the world today to give us a picture of India now. This paper looks at two of his books Red Earth and Pouring Rain and Sacred Games to see how he shows what it means to be Indian after colonial rule and how globalization is affecting India. We looked at these books closely using ideas from people who study what happens after rule especially what Homi K. Bhabha says about different cultures mixing together. What we found out is that Vikram Chandras books show the struggles between ways and new ways between what is local and what is global and between who we are as individuals and how society is changing. Vikram Chandra uses exciting ways of telling stories and creates complex characters, which helps Indian English fiction grow. This paper says that his books give us ideas about the good and bad things, about living in a world that is getting smaller really fast.
Authors: Priyanka -, Anita -, Vipin Kumar
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7165025269