| Drawing on Felix Deleuze and Gilles Guattari's terms, Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children de- and reterritorializes the discourses and voices of India. He reclaims the culture, identity, mystery, and magic that is part of life and in doing so claims control over the dialogue and direction of India. His polyglot tale channels the voices of the oppressed through a newly independent mouthpiece, which uses the tongue of the oppressor (English) to voice its hopes, dreams, and concerns. As the novel speaks the collective history, it voices a new one, crushing colonial stereotypes and challenging the culturally biased label of "magical realism" by illustrating the mysterious and beautifully strange aspects of Indian---and indeed all---life. |
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