Communal Riots as Political Absurdity inAmitav Ghosh’sThe Shadow Lines
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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.