Writings of the diaspora occupy an important place in Indian literature. It provides a conceptual framework and defines positions where a new identity is constructed that negotiate the limits and concerns of various metaphors of time and space. The diaspora writers ‘most profound sympathies and attachments are to their country and they view India as their true home. India, its culture and people have been shown by these Indian writings in English. A representative of Indian English poetry, A.K Ramanujan is a prominent voice of the Indian Diaspora. His poems exhibit an Indian and western mind, where he stresses the need to incorporate the practical and meaningful aspects of tradition into modernity. His sensitivities are rooted in his Indian inheritance, but he evidently has a modernist vision. The poems of Ramanujan reflect upon the transcendental essence of traditional Hindu meditations, his memories, the sentimental nostalgia, the appeal of mythical and archetypal symbols, and his sense of belongingness to his native homeland. This paper aims to analyse how he synthesizes the diverse cross-cultural confrontation between the traditional east and the modern west in his poetry.
Parshuram et al. (Fri,) studied this question.