• Marajul Hussain Bordoloi

The Partition of India is considered as the most lethal event in humankind's history in India and the world. There is no doubt that the partition remains a memorable occurrence due to its historical importance in Indian subcontinent. Amitav Ghosh is one of the eminent and celebrated novelists of Indian English literature. He deals with this influential phenomenon of the political history of the subcontinent through his novels. The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh takes up the theme of partition and regenerates the history of the subcontinent from the memory fragments of an anonymous middle-class Bengali narrator who introduces himself as the author of the novel. The novel exhibits the story of two families inhabited in Dhaka, Calcutta, and London, three different places of three different countries of the world namely Bangladesh, India and England respectively. The narrator provides a sketch of the differences of the experience of culture, religion and nationality of the generation of the two families. The narrator examines the effect of the communal riots. The novelist tries to sketch out that politics very crucial cause for the creation of border which is created by men against men. Partition was politically motivated which caused lots of disturbances to the religious and cultural harmony among the people. Through this article attempt has been made to discuss the politics of partition in particular and other relevant issues in general as reflected in the novel The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh.

Amitav Ghosh, Politics, Partition, Violence, Political Freedom, Nation

"The Politics of Partition as reflected in the Novel “The Shadow Lines” by Amitav Ghosh: An Analytical Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 12, page no.f637-f643, December-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2412571.pdf

"The Politics of Partition as reflected in the Novel “The Shadow Lines” by Amitav Ghosh: An Analytical Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 12, page no. ppf637-f643, December-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2412571.pdf