Minority as a Victim of Dissent

Authors

  • Neeru Jaiswal University of Delhi

Keywords:

Sri Lanka, Identity, Exile, Dissent, Sri Lanka Migration

Abstract

In this paper, the Sri Lankan context of Sinhalese - Tamil conflict has been used as a foreground to comment upon the idea of dissent, nature of dissent and its repercussions and collateral damage on any existent minority. Discrimination and the creation of differentiation on the basis of that has been explored in this paper. Formation of identity and its crisis would also be analyzed. Migration and exile are other themes have also been investigated.

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Author Biography

Neeru Jaiswal, University of Delhi

Ms. Neeru Jaiswal is an Assistant Professor with the Department of English,  Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi.

References

1. Ambalavaner, Sivanandan. When Memory Dies. London: Arcadia, 1997.
2. Krishna, Sankaran. Postcolonial Insecurities- India, Sri Lanka and Question of Nationhood. U.S.A: University of Minnesota, 1999.
3. Selvadurai, Shyam. Funny Boy. Tearne, Roma. Bone China. London: Harper press, 2008.
CLRI November 2024

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Published

2024-01-27

How to Cite

Jaiswal, Neeru. “Minority As a Victim of Dissent”. Contemporary Literary Review India, vol. 10, no. 4, Jan. 2024, pp. 63-78, https://www.literaryjournal.in/index.php/clri/article/view/1294.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4: CLRI November 2023

Section

Research Papers

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