Exploring Identity: A Study of Gita Hariharan’s ‘The Ghosts of Vasu Master’
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/84s2mh02Keywords:
Identity crises, Protagonist, Patriarchal, Autobiographical, Postcolonialism, Postmodernism, Rhetoric.Abstract
This is an autobiographical novel of Githa Hariharan. Human emotions are excellently expressed through the life of Vasu Master. After the retirement he starts jotting down observations, memories, and thoughts about teaching. He starts to teach Mani. This is
a sort of self –discovery. He takes this up as a sort of challenge, and in the process of teaching Mani about the values of life, actually relives his own memories-right from childhood. The novel definitely reminded us of the Panchatantra stories-the usage of
plants and animals to explain a point to children. Here, Vasu Master uses the same philosophy while teaching Mani. Vasu Master doesn't live only in the present but his past also haunts him. He tries to understand his present. The novel is concerned with
well-being on all levels: soul, mind, and body.
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