The Question of Healing and Forgetting: Disturbing Realities in Short Stories of Ritu Menon and Uravashi Bhutalia

It is taken for granted that during partition (Indo-Pak, 1947), Hindus were massacred by Muslims and same is considered true vice versa. This is a deep rooted attitude behind years of prejudice between both the communities. The collective sensibility of one community has affected the other. The avai...

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Main Author: Shiva, Sonu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: David Publishing Company 2015
In: Cultural and religious studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 5, Pages: 227-234
Further subjects:B Partition
B Riots
B Traditions
B Violence
B Oral History
B Religion
B Boundaries
B Revenge
B Displacement
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