Nationalism In The Shadow Lines

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Abstract: Nationalism is the love, the dedication, the zeal for one’s country. Thamma a strong nationalist is critical of Tridib for she feels that he wastes his time. She is critical of Ila as she cannot tolerate that Ila should feel at home in London. She believes in national borders that motivate her to bring her old uncle Jethamoshai to India from Dhaka but unfortunately he is killed by a violent mob. Ila’s sense of nationalism derives from the personal freedom that a nation can give her. She does not like the weight of national culture and tradition. On the contrary the narrator believes in nation and national borders, the security that a nation offers. Robi and May seek for psychological freedom. They do not believe in defining themselves …show more content…

Neeti Agarwal Deptt.of English and M.E.L. University of Allahabad, Allahabad

Nationalism is the love, the dedication, the zeal for one’s country. Rahul Sapra says with the collapse of Soviet socialism, nationalism has once more appeared on the agenda of world affairs. However nationalism, which was once considered Europe’s gift to the world and till the 1960’s it was regarded as the moving force behind anti-colonial struggle in Asia and Africa, is now considered, from one point of view, to be a force of destruction; a threat to the world peace. Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines questions a similar kind of

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