A reflective theory of sensitive issues in the Partition of India in the Manohar Malgaonkar’s “A bend in the Ganges.”

Abstract

Freedom & violence came to India with each other. The joy of independence was overshadowed by the painful partition of the great land along religious lines as India and Pakistan. In the process, thousands were slaughtered, a great number of women were raped, abducted and mutilated and millions were rendered homeless.  Thus,  the  Partition  of  India  remains  a  painful,  watershed  moment  in  the  Indian  freedom struggle. The events which led to the partition, the partition itself and its aftermath have captured the imagination of quite a few creative writers. These writers have given faithful and artistic accounts of the partition of the great land of India in their creative works. This has given birth to the genre of 'The Partition Novel. ’The present paper is a critical study of  Manohar Malgonkar's  A Bend in the Ganges, based on the Partition theme.

Keywords: Partition, freedom, independence,  religious.