Ecological and Cultural outlook on Nadia Hashimi’s The Pearl that Broke its Shell and One Half from the East

Abstract

Nadia Hashimi is a high-flying Afghan-American writer. She has authored about five novels. Though Hashimi is the citizen of America, she is very much concerned about her Afghan origin. Hashimi’s works furnish magnitude to the tribulations of the Afghan society. Afghanistan is celebrated for its ecological wealth and affluent culture. The earlier green land of Afghanistan is turned into a parched land at present. Hashimi pinpoints the demolition of the profuse culture and the ecology due to the copious overseas incursion. Nadia Hashimi’s novel The Pearl that Broke its Shell is a sequel to the novel One Half from the East. These novels glorify the cultural practices of Afghanistan. Rahima, is the character which links both the novels through Bacha Posh, the dominant cultural practice of the Afghan society. But the inimitable Afghan culture is smashed by the chaos of the different rulers.  All cultural activity interferes with the ecological balance of the environment.