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@article{190509,
        author = {Sumana Ghosh},
        title = {Power and Silence in Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome: A Study},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {1680-1684},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=190509},
        abstract = {The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh is a complex novel that explores logic, knowledge, and science, while also presenting counter-science as an opposition that cannot be understood through traditional logic. There are many things that can and cannot be defined by logic, reason, knowledge, and science. These unknown elements possess the power to blur points of weakness, challenge existing binaries, and break the cycle of suppression, ultimately helping to shape identities based on caste, religion, and nationality. Amitav Ghosh uses this novel to highlight postcolonial effects through the lens of science and technology. Additionally, the text incorporates India's own research and the true essence of Indian scientific knowledge. The novel encourages readers to deconstruct colonial agency and Western epistemology through spirituality, particularly reincarnation, as seen through the perspective of the "other" or the "subaltern," who are often considered non-human. Ghosh challenges the traditional views of the "other" held by Western-educated individuals and demonstrates the power of the subaltern through their silence and secrecy. This paper focuses on the study of the subaltern's unique epistemology.},
        keywords = {Postcolonial, Deconstruction, Subaltern, Reincarnation, Epistemology, Science, Counter-Science.},
        month = {January},
        }