“The child is the father of the
man.” When the great British poet,
William Wordsworth, used this
... more “The child is the father of the man.” When the great British poet, William Wordsworth, used this expression in his notable poem ‘My Heart Leaps Up’ to relate the romantic and lamb-like magnitude of a child, he might not have thought how this vignette could be used to extend the real sense of curiosity in the present scenario.
The journey of Indian English Fiction since the appearance of Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chatterje... more The journey of Indian English Fiction since the appearance of Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chatterjee paving through the trio of Narayan, Anand and Rao, finally rested on the writers like V S Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Jhumpa Lahiri, Shashi Tharoor, Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, Shyam Selvadurai, Rohinton Mistry, Bharti Mukherjee and so forth. These writers articulated the diasporic sensibilities featured with Dislocation of people owing to indenture and settlement, Nostalgia, Alienation, Discrimination and quest of identity, survival, imperial dominance, Cultural change, identity and existential rootlessness. The enunciated themes by these writers gave rise to so called Expatriate or Diasporic Literature of which Amitav Ghosh is deemed to be the exclusive entity. The research paper accentuates the role of Amitav Ghosh in Indian diaspora with post-colonial attributes, highlighting the notable sensibilities in his debut novel the Circle of Reason (1986) and his sixth novel the Hungry Tide (2004). His method of historicizing multiple space of Indian diaspora with an exploration of life and suffering of humans heralds an amalgamation of anthropological and historical consequences against the backdrop of Post-Colonial and Post-Modern studies.
Ghosh, the winner of Sahitya Akademi in 1990, presents the atrocities of colonial power of Brita... more Ghosh, the winner of Sahitya Akademi in 1990, presents the atrocities of colonial power of Britain illustrating the circumstances which led to the First Opium War (1839-1842) and how opium (used as a symbol by Ghosh for the progress of the British and the ruin for India and China)formulated one of the infamous histories affecting the trade, culture, labour, and language of colonial India and China. The title ‘Smoke and Ashes (A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories)’ implies to the destructive forces of opium that caused irreparable losses to the countries like China and India and immense wealth accumulation for the countries like Britain and America.
“The child is the father of the
man.” When the great British poet,
William Wordsworth, used this
... more “The child is the father of the man.” When the great British poet, William Wordsworth, used this expression in his notable poem ‘My Heart Leaps Up’ to relate the romantic and lamb-like magnitude of a child, he might not have thought how this vignette could be used to extend the real sense of curiosity in the present scenario.
The journey of Indian English Fiction since the appearance of Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chatterje... more The journey of Indian English Fiction since the appearance of Rajmohan’s Wife by Bankim Chatterjee paving through the trio of Narayan, Anand and Rao, finally rested on the writers like V S Naipaul, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Jhumpa Lahiri, Shashi Tharoor, Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, Shyam Selvadurai, Rohinton Mistry, Bharti Mukherjee and so forth. These writers articulated the diasporic sensibilities featured with Dislocation of people owing to indenture and settlement, Nostalgia, Alienation, Discrimination and quest of identity, survival, imperial dominance, Cultural change, identity and existential rootlessness. The enunciated themes by these writers gave rise to so called Expatriate or Diasporic Literature of which Amitav Ghosh is deemed to be the exclusive entity. The research paper accentuates the role of Amitav Ghosh in Indian diaspora with post-colonial attributes, highlighting the notable sensibilities in his debut novel the Circle of Reason (1986) and his sixth novel the Hungry Tide (2004). His method of historicizing multiple space of Indian diaspora with an exploration of life and suffering of humans heralds an amalgamation of anthropological and historical consequences against the backdrop of Post-Colonial and Post-Modern studies.
Ghosh, the winner of Sahitya Akademi in 1990, presents the atrocities of colonial power of Brita... more Ghosh, the winner of Sahitya Akademi in 1990, presents the atrocities of colonial power of Britain illustrating the circumstances which led to the First Opium War (1839-1842) and how opium (used as a symbol by Ghosh for the progress of the British and the ruin for India and China)formulated one of the infamous histories affecting the trade, culture, labour, and language of colonial India and China. The title ‘Smoke and Ashes (A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories)’ implies to the destructive forces of opium that caused irreparable losses to the countries like China and India and immense wealth accumulation for the countries like Britain and America.
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man.” When the great British poet,
William Wordsworth, used this
expression in his notable poem ‘My
Heart Leaps Up’ to relate the
romantic and lamb-like magnitude of
a child, he might not have thought
how this vignette could be used to
extend the real sense of curiosity in
the present scenario.
Book Reviews by Nitesh Sharma
The title ‘Smoke and Ashes (A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories)’ implies to the destructive forces of opium that caused irreparable losses to the countries like China and India and immense wealth accumulation for the countries like Britain and America.
man.” When the great British poet,
William Wordsworth, used this
expression in his notable poem ‘My
Heart Leaps Up’ to relate the
romantic and lamb-like magnitude of
a child, he might not have thought
how this vignette could be used to
extend the real sense of curiosity in
the present scenario.
The title ‘Smoke and Ashes (A Writer’s Journey Through Opium’s Hidden Histories)’ implies to the destructive forces of opium that caused irreparable losses to the countries like China and India and immense wealth accumulation for the countries like Britain and America.