Abstract

Multiculturalism is the very essence of being an Indian. The identity which an individual gains through his/her writings is that of a secular being. As expressed several times that a best writer is the one who is unbiased and free from all sorts of prejudices. This paper studies and analyses the multicultural elements of certain Indian writers who carry with them the essence of different cultures but ultimately chose to express their mind in one particular language which helped them to speak their heart out. Whether it is Jayant Mahapatra who wrote in Odiya as well as in English or it is A.K Ramanujan who being a trilingual writer wrote in English, Kannada and Telegu. Kamala Das who always looks at herself as an individual who stands divided between her supposed lingual identities or it is Ruskin Bond who being an Anglo-Indian feels more proximate towards the Indian soil as compared to his very own European identity. I tried to bring out the psychological insights of such writers and their struggles for the alienating individuality in order to establish the identity of their preferences in their multicultural upbringing. The cultural ambivalence and personal dilemma plays the role of a catalyst for them to emerge as an individual of exceptional identity with authority.