Borders and Boundaries in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines: A Postcolonial Study “The Shadow lines” is an award winning novel by Amitav Ghosh. The historical events like the Swadeshi Movement, Second World War, partition of India and communal riots of 1963-64 which took place in Calcutta and Dhaka are all mentioned. The concept of boundaries is an important one for the postcolonial world writer’s .This novel discusses these lines across cultures and boundaries and tries to study them. These borders
The Novels of Amitav Ghosh: A Perspective Study Synopsis Deepa Bavanasi Indo-Anglian literature forms an integral part of English and it has attained a distinct place in the literary landscape in the literary landscape of India. It is a synthesis of two great literary traditions-Indian and Anglian. It is an offshoot of colonial rule and in more or less a synthesis of two great cultural traditions. For the past two decades it has grown from strength to strength and acquired a new change and life
With Indo-Pak relations straining from worse to worst, the 1988 novel, The Shadow Lines, of Amitav Ghosh gets more relevance as its major focus is on the partition inflicted psyches. A nation draws boundary to separate its people from other nations. But, in the case of India and Pakistan the borders are not strong enough to separate people who are the progenies of the same culture and history. How can one divide a nation which has a common past, culture, history and heritage? In fact the makers
Amitav Ghosh is a world renowned Indian author and novelist known for his works in English language. His writings often shows an amalgamation of cultures through the use of various languages. He has received numerous awards for his works and was also awarded the Padma Shri bythe Government of India. His writings are unique and contributed a lot to Indian Writing In English. The Shadow Lines, is one of such writings, a highly innovative novel which was published in the year 1988. It received the prestigious
ELIZABETH LALCHHANDAMI PROFESSOR VINOD KUMAR SINGH MASTER OF ARTS ENGLISH FIRST SEMESTER 3 NOVEMBER 2014 Border and Conflicts in The Shadow Lines “border cease to be purely external realities- and perhaps predominantly- what Fitche, in his Reden an die deutche Nation, magnificently termed ‘inner border’ [innere Grenzen]; that is to say- as indeed he says himself- invisible borders, situated everywhere and nowhere”(Etienne Balibar, Politics and the other scene, p.78). The representation of