Communal Riots as Political Absurdity inAmitav Ghosh’sThe Shadow Lines

Abstract

Amitav Ghosh’s novelThe Shadow Linescentres on two families; The Dattas of the Calcutta and the Pricesof London,andrevolves around India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and London. It narrates the woes of people, who have lost some of their near and dear ones in the communal riots that almosthave beena feature of most nations in Indian sub-continent.This violencehaslargelyevolved due tothepaucityof political incompetency andpseudo communalfeelingsprevailingamong theleadersofthe South Asian countries.