The technique described above is Cross-cuting a word defined as<em> </em><em>alternating </em><em>one </em><em>sequence </em><em>with another during the process of </em><em>editing </em><em>a </em><em>film</em>. It can also mean<em> interweaving bits of several scenes together.</em>
<h3><em>What is Cross-Cuting?</em></h3>
This video-editing technique is used to switch back and forth between scenes.
Cross-cuting can create the illusion that the actions in both scenes are happening at the same time.
<span>Although
the author Kamala Markandaya does not specify whether the novel takes place
during pre- or post-colonial times, readers can assume that it takes place
during a span of about thirty years in the first half of the 20th century. </span>