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Representing social justice in contemporary Indian literature: A comparative study of Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things and Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tides
Authors
Tanaya Mandal
Abstract
This article intends to show the issue of
social justice as presented in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things (1997)
and Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tides (2004) whereby, the novels are
analysed using an ecocritical approach in order to reveal how literature
portrays several environmental problems emerging from the influence of
colonialism, displacement, class-caste conflict, and migration along with
identity crisis. The novels set in postcolonial India, critique the
sociocultural and economic structures that perpetuate inequality and
marginalisation. These novels also carefully represent how people and nature
can be helpful to each other and in some ways dependent on each other for their
own needs. There is no doubt that people take advantage of natural resources
for their own benefits quite often. Through a comparative analysis, this
article highlights the authors’ exploration of caste, class, and
environmentalism, demonstrating their commitment to social justice.
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Pages:186-188
How to cite this article:
Tanaya Mandal "Representing social justice in contemporary Indian literature: A comparative study of Arundhati Roy's <i>The God of Small Things </i>and Amitav Ghosh’s <i>The Hungry Tides</i>". International Journal of English Research, Vol 12, Issue 1, 2026, Pages 186-188
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