Daily Times
July 19, 2021
Postcolonial literature is the literature of resistance, especially, with reference to the representations of the orient by the west. Postcolonial writers are the indigenous voices as representation of the indigenous, and they are, therefore, the voices of the subalterns, significantly because they are being heard. Pakistani fiction is significant in this context because the voices of resistance come from the Pakistani writers, either residing in the west or who have divided their time between Pakistan and western centers of power. Though, so far, these voices exist only in the third space, yet with the passage of time, the forces of globalization and market have brought such voices at the forefront with a manifold rise in their audience. The writers such as, Mumtaz Shahnawaz, Tallat Abbasi, Zulifkar Ghose, Zaibunissa Hameedullah, Bapsi Sidhwa, Kamila Shamsie, Mohammad Hanif, Mohsin Hamid, and many others, have played a significant part in creating and hig
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Express News Service
JAIPUR: It was a moment to cherish as two Pakistani Hindu women, married to Rajput youths in Rajasthan, were finally reunited with their husbands on Tuesday, two years after their weddings.
When they arrived at their in-laws homes in Barmer and Jaisalmer districts, the young brides were welcomed in a traditional way in a festive atmosphere full of joy and emotion.
Chagan Kanwar, wife of Mahendra Singh, and Kailash Bai, wife of Nepal Singh Bhati had got married in January 2019. But the two brides could not come with their grooms to India after marriage as they could not get Visas. Their weddings were quickly followed by the Pulwama terror attack and the Balakot airstrike. Given the India-Pakistan tensions that erupted, the young couples were forced to live separately on the two sides of the border.