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This paper discusses the influence of cultural and racial conflicts, as portrayed in the novels of Manohar Malgonkar, with special reference to Open Season. The spread of western style industrial societies across the globe has suppressed many unique cultural features of the people of different countries. This inevitably means that cultural differences are responsible for a great deal of conflict, confusion and hostility, when people of different countries come into contact with one another. The unique racial and cultural groups of one country face difficulties in tracing their roots and identity, when they try to settle in not so friendly environment of another country. Hence, this paper explores the theme of East-West conflict in Open Season. It is through characters--both Indian and Western--that he portrays different aspects of the conflict. He had also taken care to show that, when it comes to the real values of life, East and West not only reconcile and resolve themselves, but something like a new culture incorporating laudable qualities of both the cultures seems to emerge.