P. H. Newby’s Something to Answer For: A Rare Post- Colonial Text Decoding Different Shades of Colonialism which Fails to Answer about Accountability

Abstract

This paper aims to study the dual role of the imperialism during colonial period in different parts of the world. P. H. Newby who is highly critical of the role of the British empire, tries to show the lack of responsibility and accountability as well as mindset of the rulers busy in exploiting innocent people of the colonized country. His novel Something to Answer For seems to be the real embodiment of such critical expression dealing with his motive to explore various dimension in this regard.