Abstract
Shashi Tharoor, a renowned Indian English writer, is often highlighted for his exceptional language skills and writing style. Among his three novels, Riot has been largely devoted to visualize the effects of postcolonialism in India and to record the historically signicant moments after western colonization. The story has been setup on the backdrop of communal riot in the ctional village, Zalilgarh. The communal riot for years has been regarded as a prominent issue in the post-colonial India. Though, Tharoor's major focus is on the description of India, the story revolves around the death of an American girl, Priscilla Hart. The entire novel talks about the mysterious death of Priscilla Hart during the riot. The paper focuses on Tharoor's unique narrative technique of blending various literary genres in his historical ction to recapture the moments in Indian history
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