In the 21st century, characterized by communicative advances and technological developments, environmental issues have gained momentum. Man's changing relationship with the natural world has become the focus of many literary texts produced in contemporary times. Man's ambivalent attitude towards nature has continued for centuries, as he is not willing to accept the role of the environment within the paradigms of the socio-cultural framework. The literary world has witnessed the production of numerous narratives that bring to the fore the existential and material crisis with which man is confronted in the environmental space. The present article titled Poetics of Belonging: An Ecocritical Reading of Kavery Nambisan's The Scent of Pepper proposes to analyze Kavery Nambisan's The Scent of Pepper from an ecocritical perspective, as it demonstrates the intrinsic relationship that exists between the landscape of Coorg and its central character Nanji. Set against the backdrop of the lush hillsides of Coorg, the novel also throws light on the postmodern condition characterized by man's alienation from nature and the erosion of ethical values ​​related to the preservation of the environment against the onslaught of the demanding demands of urbanization and of technomodernity. as a literary movement is gradually establishing itself in the mainstream scenario and with its interdisciplinary collaboration is maturing into a school of criticism in its own right. Ecocriticism, with its environmentally oriented study of literature, emerged as an important theoretical tool in the 1990s and focuses on the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment. Numerous critics and literary scholars have worked to define......middle of paper......es, and recognize the fact that man's life is regulated and controlled by the surrounding nature, because nature is at the center of man's life. life.Works CitedGlotfelty, Cheryl. "Introduction." The reader of ecocriticism: points of reference in literary ecology.Ed. Cheryll Glotfelty and Harold Fromn. Athens: U of Georgia P, 1996. xv-xxxii. Print.Hughes, J. Donald. Ecology in ancient civilizations. Albuquerque: U of New Mexico P,1975.Print.Leopold, Aldo. "Axe in hand." A Forest of Voices: Reading and Writing the Environment.Eds.Chris Anderson and Lex Runciman. United States: Maryfield Publishing Company, 1995.448-52. Print.Nambisan,Kavery. The scent of pepper. New Delhi: Penguin, 1996. Print.Tucker, William. “Is nature too good for us?” Forest of voices: reading and writing the environment. Eds. Chris Anderson and Lex Runciman. United States: Maryfield Publishing Company, 1995.643-57. Press.