Discuss Midnight’s Children as postcolonial novel. 

Salman Rushdie’s *Midnight's Children* (1981) is widely regarded as a seminal work in postcolonial literature. The novel not only encapsulates the tumultuous history of post-independence India but also challenges conventional narratives of colonial and postcolonial identity. To understand why *Midnight's Children* is considered a landmark postcolonial novel, one must examine how it embodies the complexities of postcolonial identity, history, and narrative form.

The Postcolonial Context

*Midnight's Children* is set against the backdrop of India’s transition from British colonial rule to independence in 1947. This period marks the end of colonial domination and the beginning of a new national identity. Rushdie’s novel intertwines the personal and the political by following the life of Saleem Sinai, born at the exact moment of India’s independence. Through Saleem’s life, Rushdie explores the broader historical and political changes that India underwent in the 20th century.

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