Examining the Consequences and Influence of Post-Colonialism in Amitav Ghosh's The Glass Palace

Abstract

The Glass Palace (2000) by Amitav Ghosh is a chronicled novel that shows how Burma was colonised and affected the rich and the poor. Post-colonial literature is a group of works of art that deal with the problems and effects of Europe's colonisation of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Beginning with the British attack on Burma in 1885 and ending with the Second World War, Ghosh covers a vast amount of South Asian history and imperialism. This paper focuses on studying some historical events that have been kept quiet and telling their stories along with those of ordinary people and repressed subalterns. Raj Kumar, the novel's main character, tells the powerful stories of exile and displacement of people who were split up after a radical event and now live in different parts of Asia. The natives are shown as victims instead of enemies of the colonisers. Further, the article tells the ugly truth about colonialism and its effects through the eyes of three generations living in the three regions of the British Empire that were all connected: Burma, Malaya, and India.