The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh

The Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh

The Shadow Lines is a novel written by Bengali Author Amitav Ghosh. Ghosh won Sahitya Akademi Award for this novel. It is a book that captures perspective of time and events, of lines that bring people together and hold them apart, lines that are clearly visible from one perspective and nonexistent from another. Lines that exist in the memory of one, and therefore in another’s imagination.The novel is set against the backdrop of historical events like Swadeshi movement, Second World War, Partition of India and Communal riots of 1963-64 in Dhaka and Calcutta.