Recalling the Feminine and Juvenile Voice From the India-Pakistan Partition: With Reference to the Other Side of Silence
Lavanya S1, Parvathy Krishna2, Devi K3
1Lavanya S, Post-Graduate Student Integrated M.A, Department of English Language and Literature, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India.
2Parvathy Krishna, Post-Graduate Student Integrated M.A, Department of English Language and Literature, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India.
3Devi K, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Languages, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India.
Manuscript received on 15 May 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 22 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 08 June 2019 | PP: 158-161 | Volume-8 Issue-7C May 2019 | Retrieval Number: G10310587C19/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: Literature reflects the society as it mirrors the various socio-political and historically relevant issues. The India-Pakistan Partition of 1947 is one such incident which is a grotesque episode in the history of India. The nation took a new turn with the Partition of India. War memories are gruesome and painful and Urvashi Butalia in her non fictional work The Other Side of Silence brings out the voice of the silenced. Butalia also stirs the memories of the victims of that insecure and hazardous period in the history of India. This paper focuses on the experience of women and children who are the major victims and survivors of Partition as rendered in Butalia’s work.
Keywords: Partition, Memory, Identity, Violence.
Scope of the Article: Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences