Author(s): Pragya Dhiman

Abstract: A brilliantly affecting novel, The Shadow Lines penned by the Sahitya Akademi Award winner, Amitav Ghosh, reflects the trepidation and anxieties of its protagonist in a manner, which relates to the fragmented associations one has with their identity and their sense of nationalism. This paper explores the question of identity one has within the boundaries of these imaginary lines and how they affect the sense of nationalism in the body of the people immured by them.

Keywords: Imagination, lines, memory, nationalism.

Article Info: Received: 02 Apr 2021; Received in revised form: 07 May 2021; Accepted: 29 May 2021; Available online: 14 Jun 2021

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.63.43