Hiroko, who lived through the atomic bomb in Nagasaki, knows that 9/11 is just another link on a long chain of global death and destruction caused by war. The person I am closest to is my sister, so my sense of what a powerful sibling relationship can be must come from that. She disagrees with Potter, finding that, "At home in implication and poetics, Shamsie is able to make us draw breath at the slightest touch, and as such it's somewhat disappointing that she insists on using so many broad narrative strokes. What is important to note about these environments is what changes in daily life when a country goes to war and what stays the same.

James and Elizabeth objects to their relationship due to Sajjad’s poor financial condition but no use and at last, they agree to marry each other. It lends his novels a heft, which he us Sajjad's frustration does not go unnoticed by Hiroko, who is equally frustrated that the Burtons are not respecting Sajjad in particular or Indian culture as a whole. The novelist has presented a very positive character of women in her writings by depicting women psychology with depth, the novel is about a gril Hirko Tanka she faces so many tragedies caused by some strong reasons. To sum up the above mentioned discussion Burnt shadows no doubt is the feminist study where the novelist has presented the very feminine psyche of women characters in her novel .The family is having a hard time finding a match for Sajjad due to the current political unrest in Delhi (for an explanation of the political context of this section, including British colonial rule and eventual Partition, see the "Political Context" section of the Analysis below).

I want all those things that never meant anything, that still wouldn’t mean anything if I hadn’t lost them. August 9,1945 was a very unlucky morning for her as Atom Bomb was thrown on her mother land Nagasaki Which brought destructions, deaths, tears,sepration and disasters and it took away every near person and dear things from her . Some critics felt that Kartography incorporates too much factual information in an awkward manner (see particularly Julie Myerson’s review in The Guardian, 3 August 2002). She has written so many books like salt and saffron, Broken Verses where women are given an important role, mostly being protagonist of Shamsie’s novels. With a rare combination of skill and sensitivity, Shamsie generates pathos for outsiders and the displaced.The whole story revolve around a Japanese young protagonist Hiroko Tania who lives in Nagasaki quite happily along with her family. James and Elizabeth are English colonial settlers in Delhi, part of the British Raj, or English colonial rule in India. She never consider herself as helpless, always remains active, bold and ties to find mental peace and keeps on struggling to build her own identity.