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Indian Writings in Literature

Notes shopkeepers to picturesque and clean London; from traditional matriarchs to liberal and
friendly Prices; giving snippets of was torn Germany and England. It captures the swining
moods, whims and fancies of the people of scenic Kashmir and its inhabitants-innocent and
pure.
• The novel highlights the two polarities of human nature. While there can be people on whom
sense prevails and they mould palpably volatile situation to their control, there just may be
another section which would make a mess of it and the human blood so spilled would shine
in the flickering flames of the torched houses. Mu-I-Mubarak is just the kind of incident,
which establishes the above fact.

2.4 Key-Words

1. Warily : Taught to be wary of strangers.
2. Trenches : A deep furrow, ditch or cut.
2.5 Review Questions

1. Who is Tridib’s love-across-the sea? Discuss the relationship between Tridib and May.
2. Discuss Ila as a typical example of the cosmopolitan, travelling diasporic. Also highlight her
experiences, including that of marrying Nick, which bring out her troubled racial and cultural
identity?
Answers: Self-Assessment
1. (i)(a) (ii)(d) (iii)(a) (iv)(b)

2.6 Further Readings

1. Bagchi, Nivedita. “The Process of Validation in Relation to Materiality and
Historical Reconstruction in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines.” Modern Fiction
Studies 39:1 (Spring 1993). pp. 187-202.
2. Bose, Brinda. (ed.) 2003. Amitav Ghosh : Critical Perspectives. Delhi: Pencraft Couto,
M. 1988. ‘Threads and Shards,’ (review of The Shadow Lines), Times Literary
Supplement, 28 October –3 November 1988, 1212.
3. Dhawan, R.K. (ed.). 1999. The Novels of Amitav Ghosh, New Delhi: Prestige Books.
James, Louis and Jan Shepherd. “Shadow Lines: Cross Cultural Perspectives in
the Fiction of Amitav Ghosh.” Commonwealth Essays and Studies (Dijon, France)
14:1 (Autumn, 1991): pp. 28-32.
4. The Oxford UP (India) – Delhi: Oxford UP, 1995 – edition contains 4 articles:
Kaul, AN. “A Reading of The Shadow Lines.” pp. 299-309.
5. Kaul, Suvir. “Separation Anxiety: Growing up Inter/National in The Shadow lines.”
pp. 268-286.
6. Roy, A. 2000. ‘Microstoria: Indian Nationalism’s “Little Stories” in Amitav Ghosh’s
The Shadow Lines,’ Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 35:2 (2000),
pp. 35-49.
7. Sundar Rajan, Rajeswari. “The Division of Experience in The Shadow Lines.”
pp. 287-298.
8. Mukherjee, Meenakshi. “Maps and Mirrors: Coordinates of Meaning in The Shadow
Lines.” pp. 255-267.
9. In Viney Kirpal, ed. The New Indian Novel in English: A Study of the 1980’s (New
Delhi: Allied Publishers Ltd.

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