Abstract
The hard battle which was fought against the alien rule was marred by the division of united country [India]. Millions are said to have moved across the borders and lakhs have been died. This was an “irreparable loss” for the subcontinent. We can’t undo the partition which is now a reality. We must learn lessons from history. The aim of the paper is to focus on the writers’ perspectives, as reflected in the stories and novels. It is interesting to note that majority of these writers transcend the petty ethnic prejudices and are generous in portraying characters of the other ethnic groups. Key words: Partition, Communalism, abduction, Toba Tek Singh, Train to Pakistan.
Highlights
The population of India is composed of a variety of people possessing various religions, practising diverse rites, speaking different languages and having manifold cultures from times immemorial, they lived in relative harmony resulted in disseminating a spirit of humanism and tolerance among its inhabitants which gave them the identity of “inimitable eminence”
Beneath the roar of the monster there are two more yells, cries, bellows, and the howls of children arriving in the world their unavailing protests mingling with the din of Independence which hangs saffron and green [flag] in the night sky...”. In it Rushdie creates a montage there by linking the features of customary everyday life with the violent destruction associated with Partition At the root of Partition lay the concept of communalism between the two principle communities (Hindus and Muslims) of the subcontinent
The creation of Pakistan synchronised with the partition of India; which marked the communal hurly-burly, resulted a large scale migration, torture and massacre
Summary
The population of India is composed of a variety of people possessing various religions, practising diverse rites, speaking different languages and having manifold cultures from times immemorial, they lived in relative harmony resulted in disseminating a spirit of humanism and tolerance among its inhabitants which gave them the identity of “inimitable eminence”. The creation of Pakistan synchronised with the partition of India; which marked the communal hurly-burly, resulted a large scale migration, torture and massacre. A tragedy began to unfold in the bordered state Punjab with an exodus of Hindus and Sikhs eastwards into India and the Muslims west into Pakistan.
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