The Ramifications of Insurgencies on Udayan, Subhash and Gauri A Reading of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland

Abstract

In the context of the novel’s fictional characters, this paper has attempted to analyze the negative impact of confrontational political situations on the lives of Udayan, Subhash and Gauri. It has also tried to prove how insurgents or separatists’ groups, buoyed by their revolutionary zeal, get involved in nefarious activities; for which, many of them like Udayan as depicted in the book, face execution at the hands of law-enforcing agencies.