Exploring communal strife: A comparative analysis of conflict in the novels of Khushwant Singh, Bhisham Sahni, Bapsi Sidhwa, and Amrita Pritam

Abstract

This study aims to investigate how the authors Amrita Pritam, Bhisham Sahni, Khushwant Singh, and Bapsi Sidhwa depict acts of violence against members of the same community in their respective works. A comparative lens is utilized to analyze the writers' representation of the social, political, and emotional aspects of inter-communal strife, particularly about the Partition of India, a company at the same time, each author investigates topics such as trauma, identity, displacement, and the drive to survive in their distinctive ways. In addition to this, the study investigates the human cost of religious and ethnic disparities, as well as the wider implications of violence on memory at both the individual and the societal levels. The research intends to highlight the writers' demands for understanding and reconciliation and their criticisms of sectarianism by evaluating important story elements, characters, and historical circumstances. This will be accomplished through the analysis of the research.