The Routes of National Identity in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines

Abstract

Table of Contents Peter MOREY and Alex TICKELL: Introduction Anshuman A. MONDAL: The Limits of Secularism and the Construction of Composite National Identity in India Alex TICKELL: The Discovery of Aryavarta: Hindu Nationalism and Early Indian Fiction in English Elleke BOEHMER: “First Realise Your Need”: Manju Kapur’s Erotic Nation Shirley CHEW: “Cutting Across Time”: Memory, Narrative, and Identity in Shashi Deshpande’s Small Remedies Amina YAQIN: The Communalization and Disintegration of Urdu in Anita Desai’s In Custody Ashok BERY: “Reflexive Worlds”: The Indias of A.K. Ramanujan Peter MOREY: Communalism, Corruption and Duty in Rohinton Mistry’s Family Matters Sujala SINGH: The Routes of National Identity in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines Ralph J. CRANE: Inscribing a Sikh India: An Alternative Reading of Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan Sharmila SEN: No Passports, No Visas: The Line of Control Between India and Pakistan in Contemporary Bombay Cinema