LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 22:4 April 2022
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Diversified Voices, Unified Sense:
A Focus on Dissolving Boundaries with Reference to One Amazing Thing

Banani Chakraborty, Ph.D.


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Abstract

The expression “Dissolving Boundaries” bears adherence to the annihilation of boundaries which are generally created for the purpose of division and separation. Such divisions of boundaries can be created on the basis of national, cultural, regional, geographical, ethnic, racial, economical, class, caste and even attitudinal differences. These are the differences on multiple aspects of lives and societies that restrict the total assimilation of people from various backgrounds to the crossroad of sameness. Prevailing the soul heterogeneity, writers across the world have expressed their solidarity in their literary creations to connect people with a unified sense of being.

In One Amazing Thing Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has brought characters of diversified backgrounds to a single platform with the objective of giving them a distinct voice. In the novel, man-made boundaries are dissolved by interaction, cross-cultural communication, sharing of views, and more importantly by human solidarity.

This article is an attempt to explore the Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s indulgence with the theme of borders and boundaries and the relative redundancy of the boundaries in human existence.

Keywords: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, One Amazing Thing, borders, dissolving boundaries, human solidarity, diversified backgrounds, distinct voice.

1. Introduction

The expression “Dissolving Boundaries” bears adherence to the annihilation of boundaries which are generally created for the purpose of division and separation. Such divisions of boundaries can be created on the basis of national, cultural, regional, geographical, ethnic, racial, economical, class, caste and even attitudinal differences. These are the differences on multiple aspects of lives and societies that restrict the total assimilation of people from various backgrounds to the crossroad of sameness. Prevailing the soul heterogeneity, writers across the world have expressed their solidarity in their literary creations to connect people with a unified sense of being.

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Banani Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Post Graduate Teacher in English
Department of Secondary Education
Govt. of Tripura, India
banani9876@gmail.com
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