Interracial and Intercultural dominance in The Coffer Dams by Kamala Markandaya

Abstract

This paper tries to bring out human sensation and ethics which dwells among Indians, it portrays interracial and intercultural dominance which prevailed in the social during the period.  The novel “The Coffer Dams” also brings out the repetitive theme of Kamala Markandaya that is the divergence between East and West. The author has taken up the theme which touches tribal world. The tribal people in the novel are an important fragment of Indian social set-up. The story revolves around the construction of dam with the collaborated technicians from Indians as well as British. They start to test their skills with nature. Each and every one working for the dam works diligently and they fight with their full capacity.

Kamala Markandaya was born in Mysore in the year 1924 and died during 2004. ‘Markandaya’ is the name occupied from her ancestors who belong to a Tamil Brahmin family. Her father worked in railways whose transfer had helped her to gain vast knowledge in new magnitude. “The Coffer Dams” written by Kamala Markandaya brings out the interracial and intercultural aspects with the help her characters.