Abstract:
In this paper titled “The Ramifications of Insurgencies on Family Lives—A Reading of Jhumpa
Lahiri’s The Lowland”, this researcher has attempted to analyze the novel’s fictional characters
from Marx’s views on “capitalism”; Beauvoir’s analyses on men’s domineering relationship
on women: their struggles in society; Said’s concept on “Intellectual Exile”; Gramsci’s note
on “Hegemony”; Althusser’s discussion on “Ideology”; Heng’s argument on “Third-World
Feminism” and Chomsky’s View on “Anarchy”. In light of these theoretical frameworks, the
researcher has 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 Lowland, face execution at the hands of law-enforcing agencies. Udayan’s death crumbles
his family members. This paper aims to show the ramifications of insurgencies on Gauri’s life,
Subhas’ life and Bela’s life.
