The Prose of Otherness and Humanity: Representing Partition Violence in Sahni’s “The Train Has Reached Amritsar” and Manto’s “Mozel”

Representation of partition violence 1947 in the South Asian context has gained a renewed interest scholars line trauma theory recent years. As such, fiction contributed to resolving communal cataclysm by capturing specificity as fragments memory. However, writers use different strategies and prose styles depict violence. This paper aims examine depiction cultural othering “The Train Has Reached Amritsar” Bhisam Sahni and, contrastingly, humanity “Mozel” Saadat Ḥasan Manto. It analyzes stories light Jeffrey C. Alexander Ron Eyerman, Avishai Margalit’s concept memory Gynendra Pandey’s new historiography revisionist mode. To interpret texts, study uses method textual analysis. also brings critics’ evaluation texts where necessary. The findings emphasize that Sahani’s attempts resolve problem appealing identity politics grounded on ethical Manto’s narrative, contrast, employs formal technique metairony evoke readers’ moral sense at large.