Volume III Special Issue V May 2023

Name of Author : Mrs. Somali Nandi

Title of the paper : Mapping the Pangs of Partition: Representation of Women in Select Short Stories

Abstract: Independence Day is an exhilarating moment, as one unfurls the pages of history, though it is marred by scurvy partition. From time immemorial, innumerable invaders intruded our country, and it ended in British rule. At least for two hundred years, oppressed by them, the partition was the biggest blow to us. It surpassed the two world wars and incurred a huge loss. History delineated the facts numerically and statistically. Literature unravelled the pangs, struggles, agonies and distress of those partition victims who were dislocated, homeless and uprooted. Women suffered the most in the tragedy of partition. Women are considered as symbols of the motherland. They also represent the antediluvian connection to the nation as they are agents of procreation. Partition literature is a widely read discipline in modern academia. It exposes the unsaid history through the narratives. It compels us to explore fresh themes and adopt new approaches. Historians are forced to view history with new perspectives and ideologies. The aim of my paper is to focus on the marginalized women, who had a paradigm shift in post-partition. The feminine psyche of Mallika, Raka and Sakina will be projected in the narratives of Manik Bandyopadhyays The Final Solution, Sadat Hasan Mantos Khol Do and Alams Own House by Dibyendu Palit.

Keywords : Partition, History, Marginalisation, Dislocation, Psychic-trauma, Cross-border Relationship

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Page Number : 61-63