THE THEME OF PARTITION AND VIOLENCE IN AMITAV GHOSH’S NOVEL 'THE SHADOW LINES' (Pages 13-20) by Ms. E. Pramila* and Dr. K.B. Jasmine Suthanthira Devi** in THE ENGLISH RESEARCH EXPRESS / ISSN:2321-1164 (Online); 2347-2642 (Print)

India has so many stories to tell about the past, present and the future. It is true that a nation is not there if it is not part of one’s own consciousness. A nation does not exist as a physical entity, but lives by and speak to us through the culture-soul the present paper is intended to examine Amitav Ghosh the theme of partition and violence in "Shadow lines”, which as a memory novel, sketches few historical events like the partition of Bengal, the second world war and the partition of India1947 and the communal riots in Bangladesh and India. Partition of India or Partition in India is quite interesting especially in the novel of Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines. He mostly takes up the theme of the `Partition’ in its differing aspects. My goal in this paper is to highlight `Partition’ or the theme of partition through the novel. The shadow lines, its characters, incidents and what exactly `Partition is and how Amitav Ghosh deals with it.ndia has so many stories to tell about the past, present and the future. It is true that a nation is not there if it is not part of one’s own consciousness. A nation does not exist as a physical entity, but lives by and speak to us through the culture-soul the present paper is intended to examine Amitav Ghosh the theme of partition and violence in "Shadow lines”, which as a memory novel, sketches few historical events like the partition of Bengal, the second world war and the partition of India1947 and the communal riots in Bangladesh and India. Partition of India or Partition in India is quite interesting especially in the novel of Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines. He mostly takes up the theme of the `Partition’ in its differing aspects. My goal in this paper is to highlight `Partition’ or the theme of partition through the novel. The shadow lines, its characters, incidents and what exactly `Partition is and how Amitav Ghosh deals with it.Keywords: Partition, Nationalism, Violence, Post colonial, Political Freedom, shadow line.