Shadow lines

Defeatism n d fact that no one achieves whatever they want might in the broader sense
apply to the sense of failure associated to the idea of nation which in the end turns out to
be a mere fallacy
People surprised to find no differences between the bordering nations as they had
expectEd vast differences which had caused the peoples segregation
but they had found only a reflection of their own self
Memory more prominent than boundaries
Grandmother could identify her past even off Dhaka has become foreign
While her uncle defied the position and didn't move to India because he believed that
boundaries were just arbitrary and constructed
Wall between the house on Dhaka a physical border rather than the imaginary one
between Calcutta and Dhaka
The concept of nation also beings along with itself as certain cosmetic thing called
culture
illa considers England a better place to live because there she is free to do whatever she
wants
But is it the truth
She might be free to dress in a certain way or do a certain thing
Bit she is definitely not free because first of all she can't be free of the Indians of her
features
She cannot hide it by cutting her hair short our wearing western attire
She tries to become a part of marxist a but can't find her place in the group
Whereas Griffin and the narrator try too create Theur own worlds too break free from
others realities
While illa becomes a slave to her own inner longings and her imagination is used only
to shield her from the reality
Is tridib like Tristan ?
Then is he without a country?
He could talk about Mesopotamia and eastern European jazz
While talking about senna dynasty
Or a cosmopolitan
Then why finding happiness in neutral places