Amitav Ghosh is one of the most prominent novelists of the present age. He handles the problem of alienation brilliantly in his novels. His characters are often seen struggling with identity crisis, alienation and quest for freedom. Some of the characters of his novels are menial, mean and abject human individuals whose undeserved sufferings are beyond our common sense. They are fated to face isolation and alienation due to so many factors. The consideration of boundaries, class, colour and religions have kept people into fetters, but humanity is in a state of consistent endeavour to seek a space beyond the exposed boundaries. Amitav Ghosh has used historical memories to construct concept of freedom and its numerous connotations in the modern world. After going through the novels of Amitav Ghosh, we have come out with the view that human society all over the world has unifying emotions and feelings, but the distraction of castes, colour and creed has been constantly at war with one another. The idea of quest and alienation is all pervasive in the novels of Amitav Ghosh as it examines and investigates the meaning of freedom for human being in the modern world.
PGT (English), Anugrah Kanya Senior Secondary School, Gaya
