Multiculturalism and Cultural Clashes in Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
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Abstract
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie remains a central text in postcolonial
literature. Rushdie’s ambitious novel rejects the British colonial visions of India and
constructs a new world and a new depiction of Indian citizens and history in an
attempt to provide greater truth to Indian images and history. This study has been
written with an aim to interpret multicultural clashes in the novel. The novel reflects
the multiculturalism and cultural clashes in postcolonial India through its protagonist
Saleem Sinai. The novel describes the origins of Bombay and illustrates the city’s
evolutions and changes, from indigenous people settling the city to colonial powers
asserting their control over it. The study shows how the novelist artistically discusses
the multicultural clashes in postcolonial India and its reflection in the novel. The
study explores Indian historical events through Saleem’s familial and his own
personal history.