Nation and Borders in question in The Shadow Lines

Abstract

Abstract

The Concept of nation has become a burning question in the recent years due to growing inquisitive interest to break the conventional cartographical portrayal of the nation-formation. Down the ages various opinions regarding the origin, birth and background of nation have left a profound influence for the critical study of the concept. New ideas and outlooks are gradually paving the way of alternative study of the nation. Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines? is a pioneering effort in this ground. My paper attempts to analyze in details how the Shadow Lines becomes a critique at the concept of nation and borderline