Post-Colonial Modernity in Amitav Ghoshs The Glass Palace

Name of Author : S.Narayana Lakshmi

Abstract: Amitav Ghosh is one of the most widely known Indian writer from post-colonial consciousness. The post- colonial writing originated from Britains former provinces like Caribbean, Africa and India. Several post-colonial writers lay emphasis on common themes such as the struggle for independence, migration, displacement, diaspora, hybridity, emigration, national identity and colonization. Post-colonial literature is a body of literary writing that deals with the problems and consequences of the European colonization of the middle East, Asia and Africa.

Keywords : Post-colonialism, colonization, greed and dislocation

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