• Praveen

Abstract: Arun Joshi is an Indian English novelist who has attempted to grapple with the predicament of modern man. He has created an enviable space for himself in the community of Indian novelist. His main thrust is on the individual psyche of the protagonists imbued with an instinctive urge to define their identity. His heroes plunge into the extremely trying situations and combat with them in their peculiar and distinctive ways. The search for values tosses them from one alternative to another leaving them battered and emaciated. This exploration is not a smooth and easy process and has its own obvious scars and bruises. However the agony of the protagonists culminates in resolving the tension. Arun Joshi has created Billy Biswas as a hero who longs intensively to locate his real self not in the matrix of westernized culture but in the most innocent, most native even anthropological past of Indian culture.

Key words – conflict, individuality, spirituality, primitive society, tribal life, civilized and uncivilized.

" Search for self-identity in the novel of Arun Joshi: The Strange Case of Billy Biswas", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.g517-g519, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404669.pdf

" Search for self-identity in the novel of Arun Joshi: The Strange Case of Billy Biswas", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppg517-g519, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404669.pdf