%0 Journal Article
%T The Bilingual Writer Stripped off his Bilingual Identity in Indian Literary Scene: Manoj Das and the Politics of Packaging
%A Amarjeet Nayak
%J Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
%D 2010
%I Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
%X The position of a bilingual writer in India, who writes in English and a regional language, is a problematic one as s/he has a foot each in two literary traditions¨CIndian Writing in English and Regional Language Literatures. Instead of being seen as a bilingual writer, the market forces see to it that the writer is seen as a monolingual writer in the respective literary tradition. This paper tries to show how packaging of the bilingual writer in these two traditions contributes significantly towards the split identity of a bilingual writer as a result of which the bilingual writer is stripped off his bilingual identity. I shall do this through an analysis of the packaging of Manoj Das, a prolific bilingual writer in Indian Writing in English and Oriya literary traditions.
%K Manoj Das
%K Packaging
%K Oriya
%K bilingual.
%U http://rupkatha.com/V2/n2/ManojDas.pdf