Postcolonial Perspectives in Contemporary Indian Texts

Abstract

Postcolonial literature is a body of literature writing that reacts to the discovery of colonization. It often involves writing that deals with issues of decolonization, or the political and cultural independence of people formerly subjugated to colonial rule. It is all about the shift away from the notion of centrality. The term postcolonial emphasizes the significance of colonialism on the colonized. It changed the native roots of the people and forced them to accept or imitate the modern culture of the Western society.
It changed the native roots of the people and forced them to accept or imitate the modern culture of Western society. The contemporary Indian writers in English include Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, Vikram Seth, Jhumpa Lahiri, Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Arvind Adiga, Rohinton Mistry, Shashi Tharoor and many other writers who are in many ways different from each other, but the theme remains the same about their own identity in the world context.