Intertextuality and Nuanced Perspectives on Nationalism- Shashi Tharoor's Political Allegory

Abstract

Political Allegory (Latin/Greek Allegoria) employs a veiled language to convey complex political messages that go beyond the surface story and are prompting deep down to reflect the sensible real world issues which particularly include power dynamics. social change and injustice and bigger political moves of the countries of the world. Exemplars like Animal Farm (totalitarianism) and The Hunger Games (Social Inequality) have presented the hidden ideas in symbolic forms where the characters, events and story allows the author to critique the power governance and society safely and indirectly. Shashi Tharoor an eminent writer of Indian writings in English has employed political allegory in his works Riot and The Great Indian Novel through his matchless narrative art. The paper makes an attempt to study and analyze the intricacies of Tharoor's use of political allegory in the light of Intertextuality and his nuanced views on the Postcolonial Perspective of India with sprawling Nationalistic views. Tharoor's political allegory is a powerful critique honestly reflecting the social political issues of the nation acting as a social commentary on the socio- political realities of India.