REALITY AND EXISTENCE IN THE NOVEL 'THE SHADOW LINES' BY AMITAV GHOSH (Pages 153-158) by Mr. G. Mahendranath in THE ENGLISH RESEARCH EXPRESS / ISSN:2321-1164 (Online); 2347-2642 (Print)

Amitav Ghosh a renowned writer known for his in depth knowledge towards history and human insights. Amitav Ghosh, a Bengali has made his novels win many awards and has been accepted by the readers of this century. His best notable novels are The glass Palace, The sea of Poppies, The river of smoke and The Shadow Lines, they all deal with the historical concepts interlinked with humanity, These could have been attraction as his father was in the Indian Army because of his Burmese uncles who used to say stories of life in Burma. Amitav Ghosh writings emotions of a real world where there existed peace and humanity. All his novels deal with a cause, In glass Palace he views an Orphan Rajkumars life, In the Sea of Poppies he brings out a lady from the idea of Sati, In the Shadow lines he makes people think why there existed Borders, The themes in this paper is about the reality and the existence in the novel The shadow lines, the paper brings out certain truth which are simple and yet not followed. The whole theme lies on a common man life with his existence with the society, The need for borders both eternal and external in a man’s life. Keywords: reality and existence, peace and humanity, Sati, fictional characters, Globalism, Advaitha etc.