Blend and Teak War in Amitav Ghosh The Glace Palace

Authors

  • P. Merlin Sheela
  • Dr V. Jaisre

Abstract

Amitav Ghosh, a literary giant, offers insight into human psychology, sentiments, emotional responses, and beliefs through his masterwork, The Glass Palace, which focuses on manipulating South Asian ethnicity because of British colonial devastation. The story of the monarchy of Burma's forcible and unjust exile is the novel's main theme. As an intergenerational fiction, it depicts the abolition of original Burmese and Indian traditions during British colonization and demonstrates how a blended South Asian culture emerged. The paper investigates personal transformations in self by dissecting a family narrative that transcends decades and nation-states. With the erasure of indigenous capitalist reasons, western ideas of self-determination and autonomy, and South Asian social traditions, the images of remembrance capture the never-ending fusion process inside the Burmese-Indian family. As evidenced by the history of the teak trading in Malaya and Burma, the current research aims to investigate Ghosh's fusion identities, suggesting that the prevalence of westernised humans is a material impact of colonialism.

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Published

2022-01-29