Portrayal Of Communal Issues In Bhisham Sahni's Tamas.

The partition of India is a highly painful event whose memories have had haunted the psyche of many creative writers. The British India was divided on religious lines. Really it was a rash, hasty move by the colonial rulers who had not bothered on the proper execution of partitioning the land. As the result, the communal tensions ran high; the brothers of yesterday became today's foes; the gory event of partition has been sensitively articulated by BishamSahni in his novel, Tamas. The novel offers a near-impartial portrayal of the events and times of Partition. The present article attempts a study of communal issues which rocked the Indian subcontinent during the Partition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]