A Study on Cultural Encounter in chai chai by Bishwanath Gosh

Abstract

Bishwanath Gosh is an Indian Travel writer who has travelled to various remote places in India like Mughal Sarai, Itarsi, Jhansi, and Shoranur. As a travel writer, he encounters different cultures followed by the people of these cities. He records the cultural practices, food habits, beliefs, traditions and material culture in his work Chai Chai. This study is an attempt to explore how travel narrative helps to understand the culture of the people. He encounters different sections of the people in his travels and tries to give an identity to these people through his writings. He documents everything with a cultural relativistic attitude. He also points out that Indian Railways plays a vital role in binding these people culturally, socially and politically.