Valorization of Eastern Culture in Geeta Mehata’s A River Sutra

Abstract

Geeta Mehata’s A River Sutra valorises the eastern culture and belief with the help of the different stories used in the novel. The narrator, retired bureaucrats who is spending his retired life in Narmada valley hears the stories from the pilgrimages who had visited the river with different motives. As being the main character, he retells the stories which are based on the religious beliefs and mythological characters. Although different characters have their own motifs of visiting the Narmada valley but they hold the crux of religious importance, which is the valorisation of the culture. This research analyzes the eastern culture and its importance in the novel. Basically this research had taken the theoretical insights of cultural studies developed in the field to look on the Novel. The smoothly woven stories based on the myth of Narmada River and the characters and their strong beliefs on the myth itself valorizes the Eastern Culture in Geeta Mehata’s A River Sutra.