Subverting Narratives of Nationalism: A Cross-National Study of Borges and Muktibodh

The mid-twentieth century Argentina and India witnessed a discursive construction circulation of national identity closely entwined with literary production. This caused surge in nationalistic sentiments, often culminating socially discriminatory consequences. paper shall analyse the role Jorge Luis Borges Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh played subverting nationalism, as members on ideological margins their respective countries. study involves two interconnected inquiries authors’ works. First, reasons behind rejection writing— personal lives affected by it, discontent movements they were part of, censorships, loss jobs account differences. Second, alternatives writers offered against nationalism— forms, styles, techniques. Placing together, will works writings resistance that surface through fusion political opinion social critique. It further argue how writing conditions guides existence.