Thinking activity on Midnight's children

Salman Rushdie novel midnights children we see movie and here I want to share my point of view about this movie screening.

Midnight's chlidern


It is a related with postcolonial study and very best example to study of postcolonial.


Story begin with first world war  and with India's democracy is very darkest decision like Emergency. Also speak about three generations story. Here author explain his experience and relate with Nation born. Nation and protagonist both are born on at same time. Two Main character are there Salim and Shiv  and and Meri  change the destiny of both the child and how the tragedy occurs between the children's life are portrayed here

Story begin with Kashmir and saleems grandparents how they meet in Kashmir start with this angle story moves ( 1917 ) directly or indirectly it speak about Indira Gandhi is born.
It also reflect that how first world war was coming to his and.

After towards story moves to the Agra and it's time of second generation is coming like protagonist mother and father are meeting hey get married and its period of 1942 the world is is afraid of Second World War one side for Colony its comes with happiness and for colonies master it's come with very sad just because after Second World War the colonize master have no control on their Colony and all Colony becomes free.

And finally the protagonist born at midnight 12 o'clock and two Nation are also become born or get independence that's why the movie and novels title is at a significant at midnight children its on reflect.

In 1947 Salim comes in the earth and also India and Pakistan both Nation our Bond and Salim has spend his early childhood in Bombay and his father is Businessman and facing so much trouble after getting a new government is apply some [ Planning Commission ] of the restriction that he is harmful for his business like in our current Nations condition GST and demonetisation very effective our Businessman community.

In 20th century we find that there is no one truth of history there is so many truth written by peoples are writers like in Salman Rushdie novel or moving in midnight's children we find that he never explain any political view but still we find in his magical nest that all political views and history are coming in his moves with some satire and some iron its reflected and measuring its against to the capitalism and it support to the Marxist it's not directly but indirectly it's reflect.

And also movie plot is too much complicated to understand this because there are so many complicated relationship between men and women and political condition are also describe with connect to the life.



Here I want to share some of the example of movie that present that how politics and their personal life are connected,

1) Mumtaz has relationship with his first love for husband Nadir , after some circumstances Mumtaz marry with Ahmed Shenoy and he gets two child a boy name Salim and girl Jiya and boy called midnight children. ( narrator the talk about Nanavati case which was happen ) given context of his mother's relationship with his first lover.

2).Salim find that his mother after marriage still meet his first we love and at that time the background we see the image of [Mother India ] film poster it it's on significant that something is reflected here very highly.

3)  Vanita exploited by William Methwold.

4) general Zulfikar and emory marriage happened.


First the all as one family but after partition or after getting a Independence The become  two different different family to become different nation civilians.

In hospital when Saleem was born at that time nurse has changed the babies and she thinks that now the time is come that reach becomes poor and poor becomes rich and store it gets new twist and so many peoples life are changed by one person decision.

* Indo Pak Wars related to the movie*
Majorly Salim Spanish time in his aunt home in Karachi and later on his mother and father also come there and he meet them and they live and after that suddenly one more tragedy occurs like the [ first  Indo Pak war ] was started and Salim lost his family in one war

When the second time war will started its gets 6 years time and Salim has forgot his past memory by one ,

 { [ spittoon ] and spittoon is significant that you should try to remember something but is the memory will erase your past memory.}

Second war
Bangladesh civil war
Second war is independent of Bangladesh and at that time we find that Salim has also struggling for his own identity just because Saleem don't know about what's happened with him and last 6 year his sleep so he don't know is past only some of the words and only one [ Spittoon ]reminder there.

At the end finally Saleem meet Parvati and it gets about his own identity and how he has some magical power that he called all midnight children and make one discussion with them it's a reflect the India and India's different states how they are connected with each other yeah it's reflected and Salim initiative was to help them.

Finally in 1972 Saleem reach to India it's reflect the immigrants of Bangladeshi who come in India they are the migrator this because of afred of the Civil War.

Here in movie we find that how to be occur in the and of the movie just for first thing was the Pokhran 1 [ 1972 ]happen and second was the Emergency [ 1975 - 1977 ] comes in the India darkest decision of the democracy history and has notice.

[ NOT :- " Picturesingh " it's reflected India is a nation of snake charmer

" Parvati " it's reflect that India still believe in superstitious blind faith black magic and all other thing ]

After emergency is over then Salim go back to home and find that did Parvati was alive but Parvati was not alive but get one beautiful child a boy and name is " Adam ",
At the end of the movie, the family has a Hindu grandfather(Picturesingh), a Christian grandmother(Mary), a Muslim Father(Saleem), and a son who can be consider as mixture of different identities and again as Midnight’s children.

Postcolonial point of view in this movie :-

According to Oxford dictionary :-

1) new country

2) fermentation

3) settlement


1).  Here in this movie we find that new countries are rising.

2).  The child exchanging it's on significant that the fermentation happening. Means that there is no purity find it who is the original one only way that cannot be clear.

3).    And doing a settlement of two Nations partition.

According to Annaya loomba :- 

1) when the new countries are found means there are lots of bloodshed happened then the new countries are rising that was earlier Loom was first. That which Oxford dictionary as not defined.

2)  doing fermentation at that time the what happened with original people of aboriginal people we remove their history and put other history with our own point of view.

Example :- " Origin of Aryans " 

3)   sometime we think that it is settlement but this settlement make lots of people homeless property less they become poor they migrate to newland which they are not familiar.

One more example I have to give which also base on the same  theme

The secret game

In this we also find it the story telling or story narration is very differently told and each and every political movement and historical movement are also concluded but with some connect with the protagonist life.