احمد بشیر کی آپ بیتی’’دل بھٹکے گا‘‘ میں ہجرت و فسادات

Abstract

The impact of independence and partition of Subcontinent India (1947) is profound on canon of contemporary texts. Autobiography of renowned Urdu writer, journalist, intellectual and film director Ahmad Bashir [1923-2004] “Dil Bhatkay Ga” [The heart has to stray] stands out as an important document in this context. The personal narrative and analysis of incidents related to partition in his work confirms many other narratives on the subject, while refute some of them. Ahmad Bashir captures the mental agony faced by people as establishing a new and independent country requiring migration, and this resulted in experiencing brutal violence and bloodshed. The text records savage silence of the elites and its impacts on personal and social psychology. This article study and analyzes the depiction of migration and riots portrayed in the autobiography of Ahmad Bashir.  Additionally, an attempt is made to analyze stylistic peculiarities related to portrayal of migration during the partition.