Pain, Agony, and Trauma in the Characters of ‘Toba Tek Singh’ and ‘This Blinding Absence of Light’

‘Toba Tek Singh’ is an Urdu Short story written by Saadat Hassan Manto and ‘This Blinding Absence of Light’ a French Novel Written Taher Ben Jelloun. was perhaps in 1954 published 1955 whereas 2001. There more than four decades span between both works literature. pure fiction but although novel based on true or narration prisoner who spent eighteen years his life one the worst prisons documented history. third person narrated first person. This research will be referring here to 2002 translation Linda Coverdale English. fictitious character patient lunatic asylum. Before suffering from mental illness landlord during partition India, village lands go Muslim majority country i.e., Pakistan. intends study effects pain, agony, trauma psyche characters here.