SCARS OF SILENCE: TRAUMA, MEMORY, AND IDENTITY IN POSTCOLONIAL INDIAN ENGLISH FICTION
In this paper, we interrogate the intertwined nature of trauma, memory, and identity in postcolonial Indian English writing, with particular attention to gendered and sociopolitical contexts. Through close readings of four representative novels — Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy-Man, Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terror...