Postcolonial India: Mutinies and their Outcomes


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  • Amit Tewari Research Scholar, Department of English and MEL, University of Allahabad, India
  • Prof. Deepika Srivastava Senior Professor, Department of English and MEL, University of Allahabad, India

Keywords:

Mutinies, Minorities, Postcolonial Discourse, Identities, Caste, Fundamentalism,, Alienation

Abstract

V.S. Naipaul’s upbringing as a adherent of the minority community has an impact on his outlook of the minority communities of India. In his final book of the Indian travelogue trilogy, he interacts with a number of minority groups in India and tries to develop an insight into their existence. This paper tries to explore this experience with an objective of studying the childhood experiences of a member of the Hindu community in Trinidad and their role in building his attitude in the perception of the Indian minorities. The Muslim community dwelling in the ghetto area of Mumbai and the Sikh Community have been taken up and assessed according to the description of Naipaul.

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References

Naipaul, V.S. Finding the Center: Two Narratives. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1984.

—. India: A Million Mutinies Now. London: Picador, 1990.

—. India: A Wounded Civilization. London: Picador, 1977.

—. India: An Area of Darkness. London: Picador, 1964.

Said, Edward. Orientalism. New York: Pantheon, 1978.

Gilbert, Helen; Tompkins, Joanne. Post-Colonial Drama: Theory, Practice, Politics. Routledge, 1996.

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Published

2018-04-30

How to Cite

Amit Tewari, and Prof. Deepika Srivastava. “Postcolonial India: Mutinies and Their Outcomes”. The Creative Launcher, vol. 3, no. 1, Apr. 2018, pp. 273-7, https://www.thecreativelauncher.com/index.php/tcl/article/view/894.

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