Dark Cities and Toxic Growth: Environmental Politics in The White Tiger
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Exhaustion and unthinkable destruction of the natural world resulted from the misuse and contamination of natural resources, which were fuelled by exponential industrial growth and a materialistic attitude toward global dominance. Ecological devastation, biodiversity loss, and climate change as a result of increased industrialization are no longer hypothetical issues in the current global environment (Beck 2008). Whether understood through the frameworks of the Anthropocene or the Capitalocene, there are various planetary threats affecting not only a particular geographical region, but the whole world, endangering both human and non-human lives. In addition, it has been critically observed that human day-to-day life activities toward the environment have a direct and extensive negative impact on the health of the planet, which depends on the lustiness of its surrounding ecosystems and the various species that inhabit them. Here comes a dire need to protect our environment through sustainable development, which certainly refers to a better path of establishing a fruitful and symbiotic relationship amongst living, non-living and the natural world. Ecological disasters are manmade disasters such as different nuclear wars, air pollution, water pollution, population explosion, as well as depletion of valuable natural resources. Writers like Aravind Adiga has performed a significant role in arousing environmental and ecocritical concerns through his literary creation. The human association with the green nature is the central aspect of ecocriticism; however, the political aspects towards ecocriticism should be addressed with critical analysis through which the role of government and political perspective will be explored. This research paper will explore the political ecocritical perspective of The White Tiger.
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