Volume III Issue I January-March 2023

Name of Author : S Reshma, Prof. Ms. P Christillal

Title of the paper : Deprecated Communities: A Study of Sea of Poppies By Amitav Ghosh

Abstract: The fiction written by Amitav Ghosh as providing a method that successfully bridges the divide between these marginalised communities issues of caste, race, culture, indentured labour, and colonialism. This method has emerged from Ghoshs immersion in subaltern historical practise. He does so by referencing the story in the novel Sea of Poppies, where Ghosh not only employs the subaltern approach but also raises the possibility of a society in which people are in a position of powerlessness or insignificance. The marginal is no longer used by Ghosh as a present referent. The strong connection between fiction, characters, and cultures has been a necessary source for the novelist, who has employed the novel form with fresh insight and a clear awareness of its representational force. Ghosh frequently questions the radical post-foundationalism in Chakrabartis approach to history by raising the issue of the creation of marginal micro-histories, and he occasionally cites the evolution of family narratives in some of his novels as instances. Amitav Ghosh has relentlessly worked to keep the marginalised or otherized character at the centre of the story in his novels in order to prevent him from getting lost in the hegemonic narrative of the country. The purpose of the suggested paper is to examine and analyse how womens characters, who chose an extremely uncommon career at that time as a colonised subject, became marginalised in society. The focus of this study is Amitav Ghoshs 2008 novel Sea of Poppies, which highlights the oppressions that patriarchal society has placed on Indian women. Its purpose is to explain the concept of marginalisation by focusing on Deeti, the main female character of the novel, and some other minor characters, for example, Elokeshi, Paulette, Heeru, and Munia, as subalterns to show their unpleasant condition in Indian society. The focus of this study is also on the patriarchal system and its attempts to place women in unfavourable situations. It challenges the inaccurate perceptions about women fostered by the male-dominated culture. The patriarchal society does not care about the social and economic rights of Indian women and forbids them from participating in significant social activities. These male power brokers embrace the patriarchal societys ideas on women and promote it in order to further their own goals. Ghoshs Sea of Poppies creates a scenario in which various facets of the issues faced by Indian women are depicted. The status of Indian women is complicated and made more difficult by their possession of power. The desires of these women have thus been suppressed by the male-dominated forces in such a repressive environment, and they are not even permitted to speak. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh effectively conveys the suffering of the underprivileged and impoverished. The book paints a realistic image of the misery endured by female refugees and those forced to work as slaves in the dangerous black water that serves as a haven for many endangered and threatened species.

Keywords : Marginalisation, Colonization, Oppression, Power, Male-Dominated Society.

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Page No. : 101-103