{"id":1000,"date":"2026-06-17T08:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:00:06","slug":"9788197513022-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/9788197513022-07\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking, Writing and Resisting the City: Spatial Tactics and Postcolonial Reimaginings in Janice Pariat\u2019s Everything the Light Touches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parvin Sultana <\/i><\/span><\/a> <\/i><\/a> <\/span><\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, P.B. College, Gauripur, Assam, India.<\/p>\n

\"DOI\"10.21659\/9788197513022.07<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This paper examines Janice Pariat\u2019s Everything the Light Touches<\/em> (2022) as a complex meditation on space, memory, and decolonial resistance. It analyses the novel\u2019s nonlinear narrative and its shifting portrayals of urban and natural landscapes and argues that Pariat constructs what Doreen Massey terms a \u201cthrown-togetherness\u201d of place. Her articulation of space is chaotic yet generative, marked by vitality and multiplicity. The study explores how characters inhabit postcolonial terrains through practices such as walking and dwelling at the margins, and how these acts become modes of negotiating identity. It also contends that Pariat\u2019s fragmented storytelling mirrors the fractured condition of postcolonial subjectivity. Thus, it also opens pathways to alternative epistemologies and Indigenous knowledge systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Keywords<\/strong>:<\/em> postcolonial literature, spatial theory, decolonial ecology, Indigenous epistemology, walking, place-making.<\/span><\/p>\n

Full-Text Chapter PDF<\/a> Full Text Book PDF<\/a><\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Urban Imaginaries and Indian Cities in Literature<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"DOI\"10.21659\/9788197513022<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Front Matter<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Urban Imaginaries and Indian Cities in Literature: An Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Neethu P Antony and Dr. Arpana Venu<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/a> Full Text PDF<\/span><\/a>  <\/p>\n

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City as Micro-Narratives of Senses and Everyday Experiences: An Analytical Study of Selected Stories from People Called Kolkata<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Olivia Joseph<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/a> Full Text PDF<\/span><\/a>  <\/p>\n

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Multilingual Metropolis: The Politics of Language and Belonging in Guwahati Through Sheelabhadra\u2019s Fiction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sangeeta Bhagawati<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/a> Full Text PDF<\/span><\/a>  <\/p>\n

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Spatial (re)orientations and Epic structures of the urban in Fareeda Mehta\u2019s Kali Salwaar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Elroy Pinto<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/a> Full Text PDF<\/span><\/a>  <\/p>\n

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Between Tramline and Traffic Jam: Mapping Indian City through Satyajit Ray\u2019s Mahanagar<\/em> and Anurag Basu\u2019s Life in a\u2026Metro<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Trisha Sengupta & Dr. Sanghamitra Baladhikari<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/a> Full Text PDF<\/span><\/a>  <\/p>\n

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Reimagining Kolkata: Subaltern Narratives and the Colonial Urban Dystopia in Kallol Magazine\u2019s Literature<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nandini Gayen<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/a> Full Text PDF<\/span><\/a>  <\/p>\n

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Walking, Writing and Resisting the City: Spatial Tactics and Postcolonial Reimaginings in Janice Pariat\u2019s Everything the Light Touches<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Parvin Sultana<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/a> Full Text PDF<\/span><\/a>  <\/p>\n

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Mimesis, Montage and Mapping: A Spatial Analysis of Gangtok City Scapes in the Select Works of Satyajit Ray and Prajwal Parajuly<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Sudakshina Bhattacharya, Dr. Sulagna Mohanty, and Dr. Ankusha Bandyopadhyay<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/a> Full Text PDF<\/span><\/a>  <\/p>\n

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Parvin Sultana    Assistant Professor, P.B. College, Gauripur, Assam, India. 10.21659\/9788197513022.07 Abstract This paper examines Janice Pariat\u2019s Everything the Light Touches (2022) as a complex meditation on space, memory, and decolonial resistance. It analyses the novel\u2019s nonlinear narrative and its shifting portrayals of urban and natural landscapes and argues that Pariat constructs what Doreen Massey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,11,12],"tags":[34,35,37,32,33,36],"class_list":["post-1000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-chapter","category-edited-volume","category-urban-imaginaries-and-indian-cities-in-literature","tag-decolonial-ecology","tag-indigenous-epistemology","tag-place-making","tag-postcolonial-literature","tag-spatial-theory","tag-walking"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1000"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1072,"href":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions\/1072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rupkatha.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}