Indian Partition Literature — DU B. A. (Hons) English Previous Year Question Papers

Namo of the Paper : Indian Partition Liternture 3. Candidates have to answer ALL the questions in Part A and ANY THREE questions in Part B. 4. Questions in Part A carry 10 marks each and questions in Part B carry 20 marks each. Ola Urvashi Butalia's The Other Side of Silence is a significant social history for it contributed immensely in articulating many unheard voices in context of the Partition of India. Discuss. B. Comment on Nandy's idea of 'principled forgetfulness' as discussed in 'The Invisible Holocaust'. Q2. a. Discuss the significance of the title of the short story, 'Peshawar Express". B. Syed Waliullah uses the "Tulsi plant," as a signifier to comment on the construction of the 'self and the 'other'. Comment. Q3.a. Comment on the significance of the element of nostalgia in Arjun's reminiscences of his childhood in East Pakistan. ฿. Critically comment on the characterisation of Amalodi in Arjun. Q4.n. Compare and contrast the Holocaust and the Partition of India with reference to Ashis Nandy's ideas in 'The Invisible Holocaust' B. Discuss the important contribution made by Butalia's The Other Side of Silence to the understanding of the Partition. instead enden leil audio and series or albite seriore on in landowner and a Muslim Haari." Comment and critique with reference to Narayan Bharati's The Document. B. Comment on the usc of madness as a metaphor in "Toba Tek Singh'. Q 6. A. Arjun explores the post partition rehabilitation anxieties faced by the refugees in a poignant manncr. Discuss. B. Elaborate on the intenveaving of personal and collective histories in Arjun. Q7.a. Partition narratives use symbols to depict the violence experienced by the people. Elaborate using examples from to texts in your course. B. Critically comment on the depiction of the refigees in partition literature. Cite examples from two of your texts.