• Dr. Hemlata Singh

  Author

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has achieved world-wide recognition as one
of India’s leading writers of fiction Her novel Heat And Dust(1975) was awarded
the Prestigious Booker Prize in London. She has her own style and technique in
portraying the different aspects of Indian society. She often portrays the
predicament of individuals in their relationships with their families. It is the
experience of European women married to Indian men and Indian women married
to Europeans that has also been her concern as a writer. The portrayal of
interaction between two cultures, European and Indian, seems to be her forte. The
major themes in Jhabvla’s fiction are east-west encounter and marital dissonance
which are mutually interlinked in their negative context. In the positive context,
these may be described as fruitful and happy amalgam of the east and west,
culminating in marital harmony and joy. The clash of wills and personalities is
dramatically portrayed in her novels.

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