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Contribution of Gita Mehta

 Gita Mehta is a journalist, film-maker as well as contemporary writer of Indian Writing in English. Her novels mainly focus on Indian Culture and heritage. Her works take up matters and issues that reflect the religious, economic, socio-political conditions of India. Gita Mehta's books are smart investigation the ideas, people, history and personalities that have determined what has shaped modern India. Her famous novels are "Raj", "A River Sutra", "Discontent". These three novels are powerful critiques on modern life exposing the shallowness of the  spiritual, political and secular modes of living. Her themes is mainly focused on religious, economic and political conditions of India.  Her first novel " A River Sutra " is centered on Narmada, a holy river and deals with Indian ethology, philosophy and artistic tradition. This novel connects six stories such as The Monk's Story, The Teacher's Story, The Executive's Story, The Cour

Contribution of Homi Bhabha

 Homi Bhabha is a literary and cultural critic, influential theorists of postcolonial culture, and engaged advocate for the humanities. While easily understood as a postcolonial theorist, the range of his interests means it is perhaps better to characterize his works in terms of vernacular or transactional cosmopolitanism. Developing the work of psychoanalytic and post-structuralist thinkers, Bhabha has been a profoundly voice in the study of colonial, post-colonial, and globalized cultures. The influential ideas and terms explored in his essays- such as hybridity, ambivalence, and mimicry were formative for postcolonial theory, but they have also inspired work in management studies, art theory, human rights, architectures, development studies, theology and many other unexpected fields. His works remains an essential reference for anyone interested in the hybrid cultural perspective associated with colonialism and globalization. His interest in post-structuralist thinkers such as Jacq