The Psychological Condition of Women during Partition in Bhisham Sahni’s Novel ‘Tamas’

Abstract

Abstract

The Partition of India and Pakistan was the most horrible event in the history of Asian continent in twentieth century. This inhumane event changed the life of innumerable people and many of them even lost their lives. The aftermath of the partition left the people into an era where there was chaos, anxiety, sorrow and devastation. This paper makes an attempt to analyze the psychological condition of women sufferers during the partition. It can be said that the women and girls were the worst victims of partition. The women of all the communities involved in the partition faced the violence and molestation in its most brutal form. Abduction, rape, kidnapping, forced marriages, killing for honour, forced to live in the brothels were the things which became a common treatment for the women and girls of the respective communities. The men folk of the opposite communities revenged the partition by violating, killing and mutilating the women of the other community. Bhishma Sahni has tried to portray the real situation of women of women