Chanting with the Rivers: The Poetics of Eco-Spirituality in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island and The Hungry Tide

Nitya

Abstract- This paper analyzes the eco–spiritual aspects of Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island and The Hungry Tide by looking at the poetics of rivers as powerful symbols of environmental awareness and cultural recollection. Using eco–criticism and post-colonial theory, the study assesses Ghosh’s nature redefining poetics through narrative structures that invoke a deep-seated relationship of reverence between humans and nature. Utilizing close reading with primary approaches from scholars Buell and Glotfelty, alongside Chakrabarty’s work, the research constructs the interrelated themes of migration, myth, ritual to capture contemporary responses to ecological crises. The analysis shows that Ghosh’s narrative goes beyond environmental concerns by critically engaging modernist thought to propose reconceptualizing natural spaces as shrine-like domains of political and spiritual engagement. This paper aims to fill the gap of how eco-spiritual discourse can inform activism through analyzing vital parts in cultural and ecological conversation, bringing hope of sustainability through literature.