Kamala Markandaya’s “ The Nowhere Man” is a reflection of East - West Counter in Indian Diaspora Literature

The Nowhere Man is a seventh novel of Kamala markandaya written in 1972. This is the very novel mirrors alienation of an Indian Brahmin who had spent one third of his life in England faced bitter experiences though he embraced England life. He was dissuaded, deceived and ill-treated by whites whom he knew in foreign land. Markandaya’s diasporic writings explore then condition of relations between East and West. Her novels elevates issues of Identity crisis, alienation in home land, cultural conflicts etc. the present study shows disparages faced by an Indian who migrated to England and lived there for thirty years but his identity is at stake being a man from other land. The character portrayal of this Indian Diaspora writer is conscious and racism which highly explored through this novel is also discussed. This study also throws light on collisions between East and West.