Table of Contents
CONTENTS S. No. Description Page
1 Acknowledgements 8
2 Epigraph 9
3 Introduction 10
4 Chapter I 12
5 Introduction 12
6 Views of Different Scholars about Women 14
7 Some Textual Evidences and Instances of Women’s Subjugation 18
8 A Counterview 21
9 Feminism: Background/History 21
10 Different Approaches and Theories of Feminism 24
11 Views of Different Authors Who Championed the Cause of Women 26
12 Present Scenario 29
13 Conclusion 31
14 References and Further Readings 34
15 Chapter II 36
16 Introduction 36
17 Ramifications of Colonialism 37
18 Post-colonialism 38
19 Edward Said and ‘Orientalism’ 39
20 Self-assumed Superiority of the Occident 40
21 “Writing Back”: A Counterview 42
22 Henry Derozio and His Sonnet The Harp of India 42
23 Two different Patterns Employed by Writers as a Means of Decolonization 44
24 Gandhi’s Argument against The ‘White Man’s Burden’ 45
25 Raja Rao’s Kanthapura 46
26 Heart of Darkness and the Colonial Discourse 47
27 E. M. Forsters A Passage to India 49
28 Chinua Achebe as a Postcolonial Writer 49
29 Conclusion 52
30 Reference 55
31 Chapter III 56
32 Introduction 56
33 Background 57
34 Creation of ‘Refugees’ 59
35 Aftermath of Partition: Mass Violence and Exodus 59
36 Unity Between Different Communities Came to an End 60
37 The ‘Journey’ 61
38 Communal Violence and Bigotry 62
39 Gendered Realities of ‘Honour’ Killings and Violence 63
40 Reasons for Self-inflicting Violence and Honour Killings 64
41 Intra-Community Violence 67
42 Mob Frenzy and Women’s Bodies 68
43 Women’s Bodies and the Battle Between Men 70
44 Abduction of Women and Indifference of Their Family Members 71
45 Restoration of Abducted Women 72 46 Conclusion 74 47 References 76
48 Bibliography and Further Readings 77
