• Dr. Shruti Tiwari

Culture is closely associated with people. It is the description and information of religion, cuisine, social habits, music, language, and arts of a particular group of people. Man is a social animal who bounds with his culture. The culture signifies our existence. Amitav Ghosh, the Sahitya Academi Award winner is an anthropologist. An anthropologist is a person who specializes in anthropology. It is a scientific study of origins, physical and cultural development, social customs, and beliefs of humankind. As an anthropologist, he is a keen observer of society and culture. Ghosh reflected multiculturalism in The Shadow lines. Multiculturalism is the co-existence of diverse cultures. The novel focuses on three cities: Calcutta, Dhaka, and London, three great cities of different countries with diverse culture Ghosh's central characters are generally displaced from their native land and then they closely come in contact with a different culture. The novel shows the idea of hybridity. It was cultivated by Ghosh, to intersected stories between the two families, one of which is Bengali and the other English. Thamma and Ila are physically and culturally displaced due to globalization and partition but they always remember their past through recollection, dream, narrative, and myth. The narrator of the novel has Indian nationality but has received an English education. The novel beautifully projects the two different cultures - the East and the west.

Anthropology, Culture, Hybridity, Multiculturalism.

"Reflection of Multiculturalism in The Shadow lines", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.a225-a228, September-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109033.pdf

"Reflection of Multiculturalism in The Shadow lines", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no. ppa225-a228, September-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109033.pdf