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@article{182738,
        author = {Ms.M.Iswarya and Dr.T.Senthamarai},
        title = {Between Land and Water: Ecologies of Displacement in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide and Sea of Poppies},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {2},
        pages = {3424-3429},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=182738},
        abstract = {Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide (2004) and Sea of Poppies (2008) present compelling narratives that explore human relationships with fluid landscapes. This study examines how Ghosh portrays the ecological and social dimensions of displacement through his vivid depictions of the Sundarbans' tidal waterways and the Indian Ocean's colonial shipping routes.
In The Hungry Tide, the fragile mangrove ecosystem becomes a contested space where human aspirations clash with natural forces, revealing the precarious existence of marginalized communities. The novel's characters navigate not just physical waterways but also cultural and political currents that shape their identities. Similarly, Sea of Poppies uses the vast ocean as a metaphor for the upheavals of colonial history, where the opium trade becomes a vehicle for examining forced migrations and cultural hybridity.
Through close textual analysis, this paper demonstrates how Ghosh's fiction challenges conventional boundaries between land and water, nature and culture. His works reveal how ecological spaces become sites of memory, resistance, and transformation. By focusing on characters who inhabit these liminal zones, the study highlights Ghosh's unique contribution to contemporary discussions about environmental justice and postcolonial identity. The research ultimately shows how these novels reframe our understanding of displacement, not as mere physical movement, but as a complex interplay of ecological, historical, and personal forces.},
        keywords = {Amitav Ghosh, Ecocriticism, Postcolonial displacement, The Hungry Tide, Sea of Poppies, Environmental justice, Liminal spaces, Colonialism and ecology, Migrant identities, Fluid landscapes, Subaltern resistance.},
        month = {July},
        }