• SYED MUBEEN TAJ BEGAM
• Dr. Gunasekaran

The Shadow Lines addresses the problems and consequences of a decolonized nation and brings into surface the political and cultural difficulties that any de-colonized nation normally faces. Problems such as identity, crisis, suppression, resistance, gender and exploitation are mainly highlighted and dealt with in this novel. The text discloses cultural differences, the ways in which race, religion, class, gender, sexual orientation, cultural beliefs, and customs combine to form individual identity in shaping our perceptions of ourselves, others, and the world in which we live. It also includes the relationship between personal and cultural identity and such issues as double consciousness and hybridity. The novel recollects historical events as Swadeshi Movement, Second World War, Partition of India, and riots of 1960s in Dhaka and Calcutta. The main parts of the novel centers round the consequences of drawing lines around ourselves and our nations, seeking identity in the absurd, hectic world today and being in quest of political freedom to revive nationalistic spirits

post-colonialism, Hybridity, Diaspora and Cultural Identity

"IDENTITY AND COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN THE SHADOW LINES BY AMITAV GHOSH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.73-75, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901510.pdf

"IDENTITY AND COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN THE SHADOW LINES BY AMITAV GHOSH", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp73-75, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901510.pdf