Abstract

Kamala Markandaya is a well renowned Indian novelist and journalist whose work reflects the contemporary conflict between the Eastern and Western values She was born in the year 1924 in Mysore in the state of Karnataka The works of Kamala Markandaya feature the modern traditional and spiritual values of Indian societies Her works have exposed the intrinsic woes of womanhood and feminism in a distinctive and unique style She also portrayed through her writing the very existence of women is tortuous and the condition is the same everywhere In most of her novels Markandaya attempted to project the independent minded women and their traditional bounds She belonged to the revolutionary group of Indian women authors who made their mark in the literary field not only through their chosen subject matter but also through their polished presentation style