Revisiting Partition In Select Novels Of Bapsi Sidhwa – A Study

Abstract

A few authors have discussed the Partition of India and Pakistan on both sides of the border in the genre of Anglophone writing produced by South Asian essayists. There is no doubt for South Asians living in the areas where the Partition took place and in the diaspora. Overall, the healing of that terrible memory accepts through the creation of show-stoppers that include, among other things, a rich body of scholarly work that started after the 1947 Partition and continues to the present day. The question posed in this section is what happens to each person's and the group's memory of the separation of India and Pakistan when evaluated by a group living far from the subcontinent. It suggests reading Bapsi Sidhwa's short story "Protect Yourself Against Me" to start answering this question. By examining the story, we can learn more about how a group of South Asian migrants in the USA handles the memory of the events surrounding the 1947 Partition. For the people from the revisiting diasporic community portrayed in the novel, remembering it as a part of their lives certainly gives off the idea that it is both undeniable and valuable for the meaning of their character. While the characters process the memory in their ways based on how they see the event, they also do it collectively. In this way, remembering turns into a process that unites a group of many ethnic and rigid networks, whose members believe their roots trace to a distant location and a common past. The Ice-Candy Man and The Crow Eaters by Bapsi Sidhwa both address issues of ethnicity and identity crises.