Post Colonialism In Maps By Togethe Nadeem Aslam

There is an opposition between intellectuals, artists and religious characters. Yet another opposition that works between the parent generation and their children. The difference in class and education also plays a significant role among the migrants. However some educated characters have been assimilated into British culture while the uneducated or less educated are represented as deeply confused (p. 140-161). For example the character of Kaukab and Shamas well defines the binaries work in the novel. The latter group is madly clung to the idealized image of Pakistan in terms of religious, cultural norms, ideals about how to raise children. Aslam has presented his characters through extreme contrast between Shamas and Kaukab or Kaukab and her children (p. 145). In the case of murder trial, the clash occurs between the two systems: the English and the Islamic view of what is right and wrong. But almost all relatives of the two murderers are happy with their decision of honor killing, though they are convicted by an English court yet they claim that they did the right thing according to their religious and cultural standards. So such alternative form of living …show more content…
In Maps he has approached the two important areas of literature: feminist concerns and the concept of Diasporic identities in postcolonial scenario. Nadeem Aslam himself is born in Gujranwala and bred in Britain sees its women through the post-colonial perspective in Maps and Season of the Rainbirds. Being Diasporic identity, his work addresses the social and feminist problems of the diasporic women living in the modern liberal society of Britain. Nadeem Aslam explores the issues related to multiculturalism, race, religion, and history through the portrayal of its female characters (Maps: p,