Ice-Candy Man Research Articles

The silent scream of nature: Ecocide and environmental crisis in Ice Candy Man

This ecocritical study investigates the profound ecological themes embedded in Bapsi Sidhwa's "Ice Candy Man" exploring the intricate layers of environmental degradation and the looming threat of ecocide within the narrative. The narrative unfolds against the backdrop of the partition of India in 1947 providing a poignant portrayal of the silent but pervasive scream of nature as it undergoes destruction and degradation. The aim of this research is to reveal the nuanced interplay between characters and their deteriorating environment shedding light on the threads of ecological crisis interwoven into the novel's fabric. The study uses a qualitative analysis approach and ecocritical perspectives to determine the direct impact on people's lives as well as the subtle degradation of environments. The analysis delves into the intricate relationships between human actions, political turmoil and the resultant ecological devastation illustrating how the characters' lives and the natural environment intertwine. The results highlight the poignant reflection of a global environmental predicament, emphasizing the powerful narrative discourse that urges readers to confront the harsh reality of a planet in peril. By drawing attention to the silent scream of nature reverberating throughout the narrative, the research prompts a heightened environmental consciousness and encourages reflection on the urgent need for collective action. The conclusion emphasizes the narrative's role in prompting reflection on the silent scream of nature, urging a collective recognition of the urgent need for environmental awareness in the face of ecological challenges.

Reimagining narrative of voices: violence, partition, and memory in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man

ABSTRACT This article studies the narratives of voices identifying the harrowing aftermath of the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, and the representations of the contemporary effects of partition in Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel Ice Candy Man. The narrative unfolds past experiences through the eyes of different characters and surroundings from different social, political and religious backgrounds. The novel vividly portrays the horror of violence during the partition, as communities that once coexisted peacefully become engulfed in a whirlwind of hatred and bloodshed. Sidhwa’s polyphonic narrative experiences reflect the multifaceted nature of violence, from communal riots to personal tragedies creating a poignant portrayal of human suffering and resilience. The theme of partition, violence, and memory permeates throughout the novel, encapsulating the socio-political upheavals that marked the birth of two nations – India and Pakistan. This paper, therefore, attempts to analyse the novel in order to understand the ideas of the ‘polyphonic narrative’ of Mikhael Bakhtin’s theory and many other postcolonial critic’s ideas. For portraying the human experience amidst a backdrop of partition and historical turmoil in shaping narratives as presented in the text by applying the theoretical framework of Postcolonial theory.

Partition Echo: Glimpses Through Partition Novels Juxtaposed Kashmir 1990's Reign Of Terrorism

The present paper depicts India’s freedom received not happily but at the stake of life of million of people . whose effect now and than, seen in communal hatred and violence, till 1990 Terrorism in Kashmir on behalf of Pakistan displaced and uprooted thousands of Kashmiri pundits from their home land .juxtaposed the same era of separation of India. Novels like Train to Pakistan, Bapsi Sidhwa ‘Ice Candy Man’ and Bhism Sahani ‘Tamas’. comes in the category of Partition Novels. Stories of Shadat Hassan Manto delineate gruesome and heinous act of violence, Molestation of women, brutal murder

Role of Religion and Partition in Khuswant Singh’s Novel Train to Pakistan

Train to Pakistan is a novel written by famous Indian Writer Khushwant Singh speaks about the partition during the Independence of India in 1947. Dividing sub-continent along the sectarian line. The northern part of India predominantly Muslim people become republic of Pakistan because of the partition. Brotherhood between Indians and Muslims were stated to destroy. Many Muslims people went side of Pakistan only few people of Muslims are stay holed India. Many people were killed during the Partition both a side due to the religious problem. Hindus are became more strongest religion in India during the Independence. India is a county became county of Hindu. Economically, land scope, and population in these Hindus are became more powerful then Muslim. 15 million people were displaced their home, government rules and government sector were changed. Hindus and Muslims were living together since long but they filed in inculcate the feelings emotions and love with in a single night neighbor are changed into neighbor county peoples this makes the black day to both a religions people. In India many writes were speaks about this incident eg. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie, Tamas by Bhisham Sahani, Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh, Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwaect...

Female Identity, Gender and Politics in Partition Novels: A Comparative Study of Ice Candy Man and Clear Light of Day

The division of India and the formation of a new nation Pakistan has had a transformative impact on the whole subcontinent. The partition resulted in widespread violence that not only posed a challenge to the nation's identity but also had a profound impact on the identity of women, regardless of their cultural or religious backgrounds. Women, who are seen as the pride of the family, particularly in Asian nations such as India, are subjected to oppression and derogation in the name of religious, social, and cultural traditions. They are treated as commodities and objects of entertainment by men. The partition has had a profound impact on both the collective mindset of the people and their social interactions. Throughout history, women have consistently experienced subjugation under patriarchal dominance, and this was most evident during the split. The treatment of women during partition exemplifies the treatment of women as a distinct social group on the Indian subcontinent. The partition of the Indian subcontinent had a profound impact on the lives of women, causing significant trauma. Amidst the tumultuous period of partition, certain famous authors such as Bapsi Sidwa and Anita Desai have drawn parallels between the bloodshed that transpired and the brutality inflicted upon women. The violence was of such magnitude that certain dads resorted to the act of killing their own daughters. Women were killed in the pursuit of preserving their family's reputation. Writers such as Bapsi Sidwa and Anita Desai aimed to contribute to the process of restructuring and rewriting the status of women in their works "Ice Candy Man" and "Clear Light of the Day," respectively. The objective of my research paper is to assess the extent to which they have achieved success in this endeavor. In this paper, I have conducted a thorough analysis of the female characters in both novels who have endured the atrocities of division. I will examine how these characters navigated the realms of politics and patriarchy.

The Commemorative Use of Social Alienation and Displacement in Ice-Candy Man by Sidhwa

Any kind of evil prevailing in society damages the system on a general level and hurts humans at individual level. Living peacefully and becoming no harm to the other members of society is the first rule of humanity and colonization is one of the major social wrongdoings that ended up affecting nations and societies. With this background, this particular study tends to explore social alienation and displacement from Robertson et al. (1994), as an effect of colonization. This research bases upon the psychological and physical state of the colonized in context to their feelings and actions presenting how the colonization traumatized them with emotions of detachment and loneliness by analysing Sidhwa’s novel Ice-candy Man. The study depends upon the qualitative approach in which the theory of social alienation and displacement is used to analyze the text, implementing the physical and metaphorical displacement and effects of involuntary exile by Robertson et al. (1994). The findings of the research clarify the fact that colonization has a clear influence on social alienation and displacement not only in the physical way but also in extraordinarily subtle and psychological ways. This research draws attention towards how something physically insignificant as displacement without even being moved and alienation without getting socially alienated ruin lives. How harmfully it ignites the engine of utter hatred and revenge and brutally it turns out by destroying not just individuals but communities prevailing hatred and vengeance for coming generations. This research has the tendency to give base to new research that may try to solve issues of subtle displacement and alienation and how it ends in the long run.

The Invisible Borders: A Comparative Study of Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man and Ritu Menon’s The Border and Boundaries.

The paper entitled “The Invisible Borders: A Comparative Study of Ice Candy Man by Bapsi Sidhwa and The Borders And Boundaries by Ritu Menon” highlights the impacts of partition which have been articulated especially by women writers like Urvashi Butalia, Hena Khan, Bapsi Sidhwa and Ritu Menon on the basis of their unique experiences during partition. This event proved to be the most horrible and devastating in human history because of incidents such as burglary, theft-robbery, kidnapping, rape, and murder. People's homes and places were burned, most people were executed, and women and children were assaulted and exposed to their siblings. Since the actors of partition were men, it is considered a male construct. This was why Partition Literature contains most male authors like Kushwant Singh, Amitav Ghosh, Manto, and Intzaar Hussain. Sidhwa's Ice Candy Man and Menon's Borders and Boundaries weave together the idea of freedom by juxtaposing social and political, past and present in diverse contexts. This study will help to give an insight into communal hatred, and gender discrimination in the patriarchal society during the partition of India and Pakistan.

Impact of Ethnic Politics and Exploitation: An Analysis of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days

Third-world nations have a problem with ethnic and religious violence, which is examined in this research by Frantz Fanon. Pakistan, a formerly colonised country, falls under this category. Numerous writers have written works that address this subject, including Sara Suleri and Bapsi Sidhwa. This investigation focuses on ethnic politics and religious issues in Pakistan. India was divided in 1947, and the new countries of India and Pakistan were born. Nonetheless, since East Pakistan (Bangladesh) broke out in 1971 due to ethnic politics, significant issues with national identity have been highlighted. This study's main objective is to explain why ethnic politics and religious conflicts have become worse in Pakistan after it broke apart from previous United India. Governmental elites in developing countries abuse their population based on their ethnicity. As a result, racial and religious tensions in the country erupted. It helps to comprehend Fanon's views on neocolonialism in this case.The book Ice-Candy Man and the memoir Meatless Days were closely read (textually analysed) for this study.

"Precarious Report of Sub-continent Partition" under A Critical Look on Sidhwa's Selected Writings

This study briefly describes the moral and immoral effects of National Boundaries which have been suffered by a nation. In different perspectives idea of partition and its political background has been discussed by sub continents writers. The present study has been done under the selected writing of sidhwa Ice Candy Man, The Crow Eaters and An American Brat. This research dissertation highlights that how boundaries unite and isolate people, it has an important role in our lives. It draws a special attention and detailed information with reference to the particular texts that how they put an impact on an individual and on a community. This research highlights that how forcefully people have been separated because of the migration, they have faced the physical and psychological disturbance. Although the border line has been created between both the nations, but the idea of independence has promoted the multicultural society which later becomes a progressive approach.

Traces of Phallocentrism, Trauma and Holocaust Imagery in What the Body Remembers and Ice Candy Man

Apart from wars, the Partition of India and Pakistan was one of the most horrific events in human history. Massacres, rapes, and sexual torture were used to promote racial hate, and women suffered a great deal more than males. Many people lost their lives, their homes, and even their identities. Therefore, this essay explores how the horrific Partition era affected the lives of women by turning them into silent victims of phallocentric or male supremacy through the Partition novels from which Shauna Singh Baldwin's What the Body Remembers and Bapsi Sidhwa's Ice Candy Man have been taken. Women were kidnapped, raped, forced into prostitution, and died during Partition. In the Rawalpindi area, where Muslim mobs preyed on women, systematic violence against women first appeared in March 1947. Before further attacks, many Sikh women committed suicide by jumping into water wells to save honour and avoid conversion. Due to phallocentric society's rules, the time of Partition was a traumatic experience for women on physical, emotional, political, social, and sexual levels. These female writers wrote about these experiences through a female perspective, which demonstrated resistance and retaliation against phallocentrism or the male point of view. Because of this, the present dissertation will add new aspects to the established canon of women, trauma, and phallocentrism.

Gender stereotypes in Azadi and Ice candy man

Gender stereotypes in Azadi and Ice candy man

UNVEILING CULTURAL DIFFERENTIALISM IN PAKISTANI ENGLISH FICTION: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF BAPSI SIDHWA’S ICE-CANDY MAN

This paper aims to explore cultural differentialism in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man (1988). In the novel, during the pre-partition days, Indian multicultural society is depicted as tolerant and peaceful, because the multicultural group of Ayah Shanta, Lenny, Ice-Candy Man, and other minor characters live in harmony and peace. However, the bloody episode of partition unveils the rift of cultural differences in the multicultural group replicating the cultural divergence in the multicultural society of India. For the interpretation of data, qualitative research methodology is employed, and moreover, theoretical framework is based on George Ritzer (2011) and Samuel Huntington’s (1993) views of cultural differentialism. This paper will pinpoint cultural differences of different cultural communities, including Parsees, Hindus, Muslims, and Christians, during pre-partition and post-partition days in united India. This study will also guide researchers to uncover other dimensions of the novel apropos to cultural differentialism. In addition, it will help people of multicultural societies to tolerate cultural differences for promoting peaceful coexistence in today’s globalised world. Keywords: Cultural differentialism, multicultural societies, multicultural group, pre-partition, post-partition, peaceful coexistence.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PARTITION IN BAPSI SIDHWA’S ICE-CANDY MAN AND KAMILA SHAMSIE’S A GOD IN EVERY STONE

The article discusses contradictory portrayal of partition of the United India in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man and Kamila Shamsie’s A God in Every Stone. The analysis of these novels exposes the contradictory line of depiction with reference to the issue of the partition. Sidhwa (2015) narrates story of the novel through a Parsee character, Lenny, in order to look at the partition through perspective of a minority community. Before the partition, characters of different religious backgrounds maintained affinity and homogeneity. However, during the faith-based partition, the bond of affinity weakened and the characters once close friends turned out to be enemies who did not hesitate killing each other. The British colonizers indoctrinated faith-based identities in the Indians and developed differences among them. The article implies Frantz Fanon’s views about pitfalls of decolonization and views of Edward Said about colonial narratives. Contrary to this, Kamila Shamsie, though, highlights colonial ambition by including the theme of archaeology in the novel, however, she valorizes The British Empire by comparing it with the Ottoman Empire. She belittles the anti-colonial movements of Pashtun leaders, Bacha Khan and Haji Sahib of Turangzai. The anti-colonial struggle of the Khudai Khidmatgar is ridiculed for being non-violent. However, Haji Sahib of Turangzai is criticized for using violence against the British colonizers. The Pashtun cultural values are seen through the eyes of an Englishwoman, Viv. She devalues anti-colonial movements by considering social change more important than political change. Key Words: Partition, Identity, British Raj, Pashtun, Khudai Khidmatgar.

THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY: A CULTURAL DIFFERENTIALIST CRITIQUE OF PAKISTANI LITERARY DISCOURSE

This paper explores the implications of cultural differentialism in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man (1988). It will try to highlight physical, emotional, psychological, and socio-cultural ordeals of major characters: Ayah Shanta, Lenny, Ice-Candy Man, and other minor characters owing to their cultural differences in multicultural India. This study uses interpretative research methodology for the interpretation of data; furthermore, George Ritzer (2011) and Samuel Huntington’s (1993) views of cultural differentialism are employed as a tool for analysis. This paper will identify the repercussions of cultural differences of different cultural communities, Parsees, Hindus and Sikhs, Muslims, and Christians, during the Indian partition. The peaceful coexistence of multicultural India is altered into personal vendetta, communal riots, and arch rivalry between the major cultural entities. This study articulates a new dimension of the text, which probably guides and stimulates researchers to undertake research in economic, sociological, emotional, and psychological facets of the novel. This reading of the novel will unearth the atrocious ramifications of cultural differences in multicultural societies in the globalised world, where cultural tolerance of multicultural entities is indispensable for a peaceful world. Keywords: Cultural differentialism, multicultural societies, multicultural entities, cultural tolerance, Indian partition.

Two Tales of a City: Lahore in the Literary Narratives of Bapsi Sidhwa and Mumtaz Shahnawaz

This paper analyzes two novels of Pakistani female authors i.e. Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man (1988) and Mumtaz Shahnawaz’s The Heart Divided (1957). Both the authors present Lahore as a metropolitan that was the center of all the political happenings; a city space that provided women the opportunity to participate in the public sphere. The central theme of the selected novels is the Partition of the Indian Subcontinent. Sidhwa and Shahnawaz reconstruct the experience of Partition in their works. Both novels are set in the city of Lahore in which authors are engaged with the recent political and social history of the Subcontinent. Both authors chronicle Partition through their female narratives. Their fictional characters document the role of women in the Partition movement. Sidhwa’s novel provides the inclusive view of the diverse feminine role of women during Partition.

Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy-Man and its Film Version: An Insight

Deepa Mehta's adaptation of Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel Ice Candy Man (a literary text) into a film Earth (a visual text) is an exceptional example of a hybrid representation. Deepa Mehta adapted Ice Candy Man into a film 1947: Earth. Making a novel into a film is a difficult task. A director's ability to transform words into moving visuals is exceptional. There is a transition in narratology as the novel is transformed into the film. Deepa Mehta sets herself a difficult task in producing Earth, translating Sidhwa's amazing story into a film using cinematic skills and artistry. The purpose of this article is to compare and contrast Bapsi Sidhwa's novel Ice Candy Man and its cinematic adaptation Deepa Mehta's “1947: Earth” in order to investigate the problem of depicting the Partition of India in 1947.

The Portrayal of the Politics of Partition in Chaman Nahal’s Azadi and Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man (Cracking India): A Comparative Study

It is a known fact that the socio-political and historical issues of any country can attract the attention of creative writers, and they reflect the same in their works of art. One such significantand heart-rending issue is the Partition of India. This research article portrays the political issues in particular and other related issues in general, making a comparative study of Chaman Nahal’s Azadi and Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man (Cracking India). The reader of these two selected novels can understand how the British rulers used the ‘divide and rule’ policy, two-nation theory, and Machiavellian trickery in dividing the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan. As this tragic event of Partition was politically motivated, it upset the religious and cultural harmony among the Indians. It will be explored how these two celebrated novelists have dealt with the politics of Partition, focusing on the role played the Congress, the Muslim League, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, etc.It will be specifically explored how M.K. Gandhi exerted an impact on these two novelists while writing their respective novels on the theme of Partition.

Celebrating Indigenous Culture and Identity in Ice Candy Man: A Postcolonial Critique

To justify colonialism and perpetuate colonial rule the colonizers appropriated their political, cultural, academic, literary, and linguistic supremacy which left a tinge of mimicry and hybridity among natives. The colonizers, being in the center, employed colonial discourse, Eurocentric historic construct, western education system, English language, missionary, and creative literature to portray the periphery, the colonized, as uncivilized, accultured, incompetent, uncouth, and diabolical evils. To rebut this, the postcolonial writers rejected colonialist ideology and cultural supremacy by asserting native culture, identity, language, and societal values. They actually disassociated themselves from cultural imperialism and celebrated their indigenous culture. The undertaken study analyses the portrayal of celebration of the indigenous culture and identity in Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel Ice Candy Man (1988-89) from the vantage point of postcolonial theory. It has been found that Sidhwa celebrates indigenous culture, identity, tradition, language, and localization in the novel. To this effect, she employs code-mixing to add indigenous semantics, delineates characters from the locality, asserts her Pakistaniness, and objectifies Pakistani leadership and narrative in the novel and thus she continues to live as a postcolonial writer.

Ethno-religious Violence in Pakistan: A Study of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days

Ethno-religious Violence in Pakistan: A Study of Ice-Candy Man and Meatless Days

Body of Woman As A Site For Battle: A Critical Study of Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man

Partitioning of the subcontinent into Pakistan and India is a mega event in the history of South Asia that haunts the minds of the inhabitants because of the untold destruction and the atrocities inflicted on the migrants. The later generations come to know of the havocs carved on women's bodies mostly through stories of the victims or who witnessed molestation of women. In this connection, this article aims to critically analyze the novel Ice-Candy Man by Sidhwa which delineates the defilement of women at the periphery. The views of different feminist critics constitute the theoretical framework while Fairclough’s social discourse model serves as a methodological framework. For analysis, the technique of Content Analysis has been employed. The findings reveal that Sidhwa has caricatured the predicament of the women whose bodies became sites for male aggression as icons of the ethnic groups during the communal strives. They undergo physical and sexual furiousness of men before, during, and after the partition. Men dehumanized them to disgrace the opponents/the other. The novel may, further, be studied from psychoanalytical, cultural, and Marxist perspectives.