Different Types of Themes in Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines The Shadow Lines hosts a number of themes . The first and foremost being that it is an attempt to draw the attention of the world to do away with borders that divide the people. Humanity after all is the same everywhere and any attempt to creat…

Character of Tha'mma in Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines Tha’mma is the protagonist in Amitav Ghosh’s novel  The Shadow Lines .  She was narrator's grandma. Born in Jindabahar in Dhaka in a joint family, she grew up when the Indian National Movement was gaining a militant note and fight against t…

Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines : Critical Appreciation The Shadow Lines is undoubtedly a benchmark in Indian writing in English . The book stirs up a number of themes. Time and distance in The Shadow Lines are illusory. The novel moves back and forth and the events are not narrated sequentially. The na…