Human Psychology and Status of Women in the Works of Amitav Ghosh and Bapsi Sidhwa

Abstract

Baspsi Sidhwa and Amitav Ghosh are two towering figures in Commonwealth English literature. Both the writers have dealt with partition as the theme of their works. It’s a known fact that wherever such incidents took place, a tragedy for the people always originated. A small incident got spread in the locality by some tyrants and politicians that it got started anarchy everywhere. India is a vast country where people of different religions, castes, culture, customs and languages are living like different kinds of flowers in a bunch. This paper presents the human psychology during and before the riots in the novels of the writers under research and some traditions which implemented in the society. These rules work differently for different contexts. When it is related to specific gender and caste it has different aspects. India is a country where patriarchy existed for thousands of years ago. Males have the legal authority over his wife and children. Women are targeted victims in these circumstances. When they belong to the lower strata of their society then situation becomes more miserable. Family and environment play a very important role in constructing the formation of laws in constitution and the ways they implemented over the women. There are various ways through which women are victimized. They are physically as well as psychologically assaulted by men.