Environment and Indian English Novel: A Critical Study with Reference to Amitav Ghosh’s Novels

The intricate interdependence of life on Earth and its environs highlights the critical role that natural items play in ensuring the existence of living organisms. Trees are the most important of them all since they provide a wide range of species with the food, shelter, oxygen, and raw materials they require to live and grow. However, people have regularly abused nature due to our self-interest and constant pursuit of scientific and technological advancement, which has resulted in major environmental issues that endanger the continuation of life on Earth. In response to these expanding concerns, writings on environmental issues have proliferated, offering insightful viewpoints and increasing awareness. Eco-criticism, which studies the relationship between literature and the natural environment, has grown in popularity as a field of study.The paper examines how environmental concerns are portrayed in Amitav Ghosh’s Novelsand examine how these literary works both reflect and comment on the era’s environmental consciousness. The study will shed light on how Amitav Ghosh’s Novelscontribute to the larger conversation on environmental sustainability and the pressing need for ecological balance by analyzing the stories and characters in these novels.