BEYOND THE OFFICIAL RECORD: REIMAGINING THE 1971 PARTITION THROUGH THE COUNTER-NARRATIVE OF HUSAINI’S “KARIMA”

Abstract

 This research explores the short story of Aamer Hussein, which is closely read in the paper, is the one which narrates the fictional story of Karima the 1971 partitioning of Pakistan into Bangladesh that used to be East wing and Pakistan was the former Western Pakistan region in the united Pakistan. Utilizing Cara the notions of Cilano as they are presented in her book; National Identities in Pakistan: The 1971 War in the paper examines contemporary Pakistani Fiction (2011), as a theoretical framework in some aspects of this division and examines the theme of oppression in the migrants/refugees camps, the distinction in classes between the sons of the soil and the Bihari. Identity crisis, Muhajirs and violence in the 1971 partition. The article also examines Muslims nationalism slogan in pre-partition of subcontinent and expresses Muslim commitment towards this reason during partitions of 1947 and 1971. The paper describes that how, so that to cope with either the non-existence or lack of the state owned stories, the vacuum is filled with the fictional stories such as the ones of Karima and dwell upon different aspects of the historical events such as that of the 1971 partition uninhibitedly. By making all dilemmas and pains projected upon titular character of this paper describes the 1971 Partition as a tragic incident of the short story.