![]() ![]() 66įor Nirmal and Nilima, their discovery of the work of Sir Daniel Hamilton is a wake-up call. It shamed to think that this man-a foreigner, a burra sahib, a rich capitalist-had taken it upon himself to address the issue of rural poverty when they themselves, despite all their radical talk, had scarcely any knowledge of life outside the city. Furthermore, though this conflict does not receive much attention in contemporary times, it continues to be extremely relevant to the characters of the novel due to its themes of the balance between conservation of nature and the protection of humanity. Though Morichjhãpi is located in a marginal part of India and may seem unimportant, the refugees' struggle led to a major conflict with the government. ![]() But it is also applicable to the events on Morichjhãpi. Nirmal has this thought about the Socialist International conference in Kolkata. In the tide country, where life was lived on the margins of greater events, it was useful also to be reminded that no place was so remote as to escape the flood of history. ![]()
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