The Portrayal of the Politics of Partition in Chaman Nahal’s Azadi and Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man (Cracking India): A Comparative Study

It is a known fact that the socio-political and historical issues of any country can attract attention creative writers, they reflect same in their works art. One such significantand heart-rending issue Partition India. This research article portrays political particular other related general, making comparative study Chaman Nahal’s Azadi Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man (Cracking India). The reader these two selected novels understand how British rulers used ‘divide rule’ policy, two-nation theory, Machiavellian trickery dividing Indian subcontinent into India Pakistan. As this tragic event was politically motivated, it upset religious cultural harmony among Indians. will be explored celebrated novelists have dealt with politics Partition, focusing on role played Congress, Muslim League, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, etc.It specifically M.K. Gandhi exerted an impact while writing respective theme Partition.