definition of what it is to have a history‚ crafting the space of diaspora as a third space‚ neither homeland nor metropole‚ but a place where a history of its own is unfolding. “If history forgets‚ fiction can remind us of many things.” Amitav Ghosh Amitav Ghosh‚ one of the chief fiction writers of contemporary Indian English writing has mingled history in fiction in such a way that both not only look as inseparable entities but also work as complimentary of each other. In his narration of history
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Advancement in technological development has made life easier and relationship complicated. The essence of humanity ‘humanism’ is lost in the name of partition‚ nation and borders. Ghosh attempts a revival for humanism in his The Shadow Lines. The novel portrays the futility of war‚ riots‚ violence and partition and also re-searches the lost humanism that has been thrown into the recesses of modern busy life. This paper attempts to prove that the concept of borders and boundaries are illusions.
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The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh Such moments are rare indeed these days when one takes a book in the hand and is completely captivated by it after reading the first few pages. That happened to me recently when I started reading "The Shadow Lines" by Amitav Ghosh. "The Shadow Lines‚" Ghosh’s second novel‚ was published in 1988‚ four years after the sectarian violence that shook New Delhi in the aftermath of the Prime minister‚ Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Written when the homes of the Sikhs were
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BOOK REVIEW Novel : The Shadow Lines AUTHOR : Amitav Ghosh Awards : winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1989). Bibliography : The Shadow Lines(novel)‚ Wikipedia(Internet). Main Characters : Mayadebi‚ Tridib‚ Ila‚ May‚ Narrator‚ Nick‚ grandmother. POLITICAL SCENERIO : The novel is set against the backdrop of historical events: 1.Swadeshi movement 2.Second World War 3.Partition of Country 4.Communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka and Calcutta CHARACTERS ANALYSIS : The characters in this
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Annotation for the poems: How do you annotate the poem "The Harp of India" by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio? Why hang’st thou lonely on yon withered bough? Unstrung for ever‚ must thou there remain; Thy music once was sweet - who hears it now? Although the above post gives some interesting suggestions about labeling meter‚ there are other focuses for annotating a poem. For example‚ you can annotate for figurative language and the meaning it grants the poem. The title “The Harp of India”
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serves to show the interplay between local and global influences and above all the search for community and alliances that cut across boundaries of cultural and ethnic identities Bhasha‚ argues that the places described in the novel are many. As Ghosh says a place must be ‘a part of history’‚ Trideb had lived in. For instance‚‘Their old family house in Bally-gunge Place with his aging grandmother’ in Calcutta‚ England‚ Banaras‚ America‚ London and Delhi and these are places that have a history.
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In The Shadow Lines and The Hungry Ghosts‚ both Amitav Ghosh and Shyam Selvadurai‚ critique the emphasis that society puts on geo-political borders by acknowledging that we live in a world that is deeply inter-connected. Spanning different countries and continents‚ both of the novels explore issues of identity and belonging that are unique to the diaspora. This is accomplished through the characterization of a grandmother who is displaced from her homeland due to the Bengal Partition and the struggles
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Initial Object Exploration Assignment Topic: The Auroville Mantra Mandir – Matrimandir The Matrimandir located in Auroville‚ (Tamil Nadu‚ India)‚ is a structure of spiritual importance for practitioners of Integral yoga. Often referred to as ‘The soul of the city’‚ the Matrimandir is a structure primarily used for meditation. The form is made up of a golden flattened sphere that is surrounded by structures resembling petals. In these petals‚ there are 12 chambers that are used for meditation
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The story of Tridib in ‘Shadow Lines’ remain incomplete without the influence‚ or rather we should say the contribution‚ of the women characters in the novel. Main women characters in the novel namely Ila‚ May and the grandmother of the narrator‚ have a great influence on the coming-of-age of the narrator. It is important to understand their influence on the narrator first before that on Tridib‚ because Tridib is narrator’s mentor here‚ his alter-ego and mirror image. Tridib’s correspondences
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invests in Hidesign * 2010: Launch of multistory flagship store in Pondicherry. The Founder Dilip Kapur the President and Founder of Hidesign Dilip Kapur was born in New Delhi and moved to Pondicherry at the age of six. He grew up in Sri Aurobindo Ashram and went to school at Phillips
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