Two Sides of the Same Coin: Postcolonial Elements and Indian Mythological Fiction

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Postcolonial Elements and Indian Mythological Fiction
Anila A. Pillai

Abstract

Postcolonial studies seek to revise past understandings, as well as to negotiate with and subvert ideologies and representations that have instilled epistemological impact in the masses. The purpose of this article is to identify this goal in the chosen Mythological fiction in order to imbibe pivotal characteristic traits that trigger the opening of various dimensions to investigate. Literary and cultural tenets have experienced tremendous resistance and reversal in the meanings they once held. The stories of wisdom from our cultural heritage, which are also a key element of this article, have undergone and continue to undergo this churning process. Narrow, rigid positions define most debates in this age of moral certainty.
In the light of postcolonial theory, the possibility remains that the mythological tales may contain content that has been moulded, misinterpreted, or misunderstood. The article emphasises that contemporary fiction based on Indian Mythology that is redefined, reanalysed, or recreated in order to discover a world of moral haziness and uncertainty is more similar to our experience as ordinary humans.