ANALYSIS OF ‘THE IN-BETWEEN WORLD OF VIKRAM LALL'

SHORT AND QUICK REVISION OF ‘THE IN-BETWEEN WORLD OF VIKRAM LALL'

The novel ‘THE IN-BETWEEN WORLD OF VIKRAM LALL' is written by Moyez G. Vassanji. In other words, we can say that it is an autobiographical novel. Moyez Vassanji is famous Canadian writer of Indian origin. He wrote two collections of the short stories and six novels during his writing career. MG. Vassanji basically writes about the wars and the effects of the war and other than this he also talks about the post-colonial period in which he talks about the immigrants who moved from India to Africa and Canada during the wars. In the novel THE IN-BETWEEN WORLD OF VIKRAM LALL, Vassanji draws the attention towards the problems faced by the people during the war between the protestants and the colonizers. In the whole novel we observe a change in the African society during the period of 1950s. 

In the novel, Vikram Lall is the protagonist of the novel. He is a grandchild of an Indian railroad labor who earlier got migrated to Kenya so he's third generation immigrant in Kenya. The novel shows that how Vikram Lall spent the important phases of his life facing so many problems. Vassanji basically lives in the three continents so the writings of Vassanji basically shows the migration of East African Indians who migrated from India to Africa and later due to different problems, they migrated to Europe and USA. The novel also talks about the imperialism of European society. 

Vikram Lall is a novel which attracts the readers mind towards the problems, issues, corrupted society and regret in the Kenyan society. The novel basically talks about the Colonial and the post-colonial period of Kenyan society.  

Vassanji tries to express the emotions and problems of immigrants who were caught in the vicious circle of ‘in between’. This feeling of in-between revolves in the whole novel. The novel again and again talks about the problem of being an African or and Asian. Even after the immigration, the issues and problems of Vikram Lall never get solved. Looking back on Vikram that neutrality was ingrained in him since he was a child. 

That becomes clear when Vikram compares himself and her sister to their playmates. Two of hers are British and one of hers is African. He may discover that he and his sister are different in that they are neither black nor white, but brown. This is when the Kikuyu Mauma Guerrilla voiced their protest against the whites. Meanwhile, British colonists used Kenyans against the Mau Mau rebels, and African natives are said to be suspicious of Kenyan Indians in the region. Accepted as collaborators with the colonists of the third part of the novel entitled “The Year of Betrayal” forms the content of the novel. 

I try to cover a variety of situations where we witness betrayal in personal relationships or disloyalty to their country. We see Deepa cheating on her husband Dilip and Vikram cheating on his wife Shobha. The scene is similar on a political level. Politicians like Jomo Kenyatta and Paul Nderi are betraying their own people. 

Vikram Lall lives in a snowy town in Ontario. This section is so named because Vikram Lall is willing to reveal the truth to the Anti-Corruption Commission and face the consequences. “I will donate most of my fortune from the last few years to the commission and some to the foundation. After confessing his past to Vikram Lal to the Anti-Corruption Commission, they agree to the offer. Amnesty, the Kenyan government, fearing Vikram’s revelations, proclaimed and angered the Commission. East Africa needs a novel, because the story needs to be told. With the expression Vikram’s “In-Between” vividly shows Vassanji how his ambiguous intermediateness made him a non-existent figure in the dominant portrayal of the Mau Mau rebellion. Vassanji’s view of Asians in Kenya looks similarly ambiguous. 

 

The identity crisis of its “in-between” protagonist. Throughout the book we experience Vikram’s lack of self-identification and at the end this is emphasized on another level. We created a character who is not only a broken man still struggling with the tide of terror, but also a villain who keeps the protagonist trapped in the world forever. He is freed from “in-between”. 

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 My beautiful launderette is screenplay written by Hanif Kureshi. Hanif Kureshi is a second-generation Pakistani immigrant whose ancestors migrated to Britain from Pakistan. the story is also based on the same migration in which the main character of novel Omar is a second-generation immigrant whose grandfather migrated to Britain in the earlier times. the novel shows the problems faced by the immigrants.  
My beautiful launderette was the first screenplay of Hanif Kureshi. It covers on a few of the challenges that minority groups experience. Through the presentation of many forms of emotional attachment and the battle to find one's position in society, it clings to issues with gender identification, class, and race. The main themes of the book are "love," "success," and "cultural norms of behavior." These are the main themes due to many conflicts rises with time. 
the novel shows the different-different aspects of the life and the problems of the life faced by the immigrants. Omar was the son of Hussein who use to drink and smoke a lot that's why Omar was forced to take care of his family which shows a sense of responsibility. Omar was a second-generation Pakistani immigrant so it was hard to have good job easily in Britain so he started to work at his father's friend laundry whose name was Naseer who was successful businessman. By his hard work, the laundry became famous and he was having a good income.  He did this only with the help of his friend Johnny who was Whiteman, it shows the bond of friendship they had as being of different-2 community and races they were good friends and very impressively which shows the intercultures. Not only this but also their friend Salim was also helping them as Omar and Johnny used to transport/ sends the drugs sent by Salim to them. all the three was having good terms in their business as their friendship was also good. 

Omar was the son of Pakistani father and the British mother which shows the hybridity of two different culture and race. the novel also shows the love of Omar towards Tania for whom he was collecting money so that he can marry her and on the other hand Omar and Johnny was having sexual affairs which shows that to fulfil their sexual demands and emotional needs, they were in relation with each other. novel also shows the extra marital affair of Tania's father Naseer and Rachel which was never liked and accepted by the Tania. 
Omar's achievement in his working-class environment is greatly aided by the love and support of his family, which is backed equally strongly by his boyfriend Johnny. He wouldn't have been able to fix the launderette without Johnny. His success may also be attributed to Pakistan's social ethic, which dictates that family members should always be given the opportunity to work. 

All of the characters are members of a subculture where they have to work harder than someone from the middle class to fit in. They must contend with several restrictions and societal issues. These difficult lifestyles are shown in "My Beautiful Launderette" without making the viewer feel anything.