NUML Islamabad

Abstract- South Asian region is facing the challenges of political instabilities, social unrest, insecurities due to whatever is happening in political scene since last few decades. Present study focuses on the trends of globalization in South Asian English novels with reference to Indian, Pakistani and Afghani novels. South Asia is particularly the most targeted region due to its geo-political and strategic standing in global scenario. Moreover stereotypical notions such as nationalism, fundamentalisms have compartmentalized people of this region in suffocated cabins of cast, creed, religion, nation and culture. In such a critical time a piece of literature can no longer remain a mere piece of story that serve to entertain, rather it is morally bound to fill the gaps in order to break boundaries that lead to destruction. Amitav Gosh a renowned Indian novelist in his novel The Shadow Lines (1988) negates the concepts of national, social and cultural boundaries. Our Lady Of Alice Bhati (2011) is a Pakistani novel by Muhammad Hanif in which he finds common grounds between two religions on the basis of humanity and nature. Afghanistan born Khalid Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed (2013) is an attempt to transcend national, cultural and geographical boundaries to promote globalization. These authors give importance to human and humanity and challenge stereotypical boundaries, hence giving way to globalization. The researcher will analyze texts in the light of Michel Foucault theory of power and knowledge. Present study aims to find contribution of South Asian English novels in bridging the gap in the very continent particularly and across the continents generally