The article analyzes the problems of cultural identity in the East-West context. This part of a person’s self-identification is determined by belonging to a social group that has its own cultural identity. In Indian literature, this theme is most raised in the literature of the diaspora, the most unusual feature of which is that its authors belong to both the West and the East. This is why they have a keen eye, capable of examining both sides equally. Kiran Desai, one of the most famous writers of Indian diaspora literature, talks about migrant identity in her work “The Legacy of the Ruined”. The main idea of the novel is the loss and defeat of the heroes, rejected in Western society for their cultural identity, on the path to changing their identity.

cultural identity, Indian Diaspora Literature, East-West Conflict, Kiran Desai, Globalization, Migrants, Indian Literature.

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