The legacy of loss by Indian author Kiran Desai and interpreter of Jhumpa Lahiri's illnesses Kiran Desai (Desai) and Jhumpa Lahiri (Lahiri) are Indian origin. However, they lived much of their lives away from the Indian subcontinent. One might be tempted to think that their novels and short stories would be dominated by elements of Western culture, tradition and thought. Rather the opposite is true in their novels. Indian tradition, culture and thought are prominent in their literary works. Desai and Lahiri do not impose their opinions on readers, but they illustrate the differences that occur or can occur between cultures, and within the same culture, without criticizing either Western or Eastern culture. The Legacy of Loss presents several themes, however, in this essay the theme of globalization that Desai critiques will be the main theme of the essay, as well as the theme of being caught between Indian culture and Western culture in Interpreterof Maladies. Desai and Lahiri do not extol the greatness of Indian culture and do not totally condemn Western culture. This article will argue that although both works uphold the traditional values ​​one is raised with from birth; to a large extent, both novels encourage readers to have a "myriad perspectives" or multiple identities when stuck in a tricky situation where one is unable to choose between the culture one grew up in and the new culture that... middle of paper ... the world we actually live in. (Sen) However, at the same time, Biju's experience in the United States and Boori Ma's predicament depict the bad side of globalization; The poor are constantly exploited by the rich for their own material gain. Thus, due to globalization, the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. How many people would consider producing a branded product in a third world country? Most people will be concerned about the design and price of the product and not the horrible working conditions in which workers toil to produce the branded product. It is important to note that people's material needs must be met. So, on one level, it can be said that capitalism has been more successful in satisfying these material needs than any other system invented so far; but this success has a price.