Theme of Pseudo- Neutrality in Bapsi Sidwa's Ice Candy Man
Saikat Banerjee
- Pages
- pp. 142-147
- Published
- January 1, 2011
Saikat Banerjee (2011). Theme of Pseudo- Neutrality in Bapsi Sidwa's Ice Candy Man. Labyrinth, 2(1), 142-147.
Abstract
The theme of Partition in Modern Indian English novels has being in limelight since its inception. Some of the famous Modern Indian English writers have presented the theme of Partition with the minutest detail in their novels. Amrita Pritam, Attia Hosain, Manohar Malgaonkar, Amitav Ghosh, Khushwant Singh, Chaman Nahal and Bapsi Sidhwa are some of the prominent writers. Bapsi Sidhwa's Ice-Candy–Man presents the story of Independence leading to partition with a feminist point of view. It also propagates the message of undying love for the humanity. It decries the cult of violence in any form and on any pretext. It holds in rejection the oft proclaimed policy of neutrality and non-alignment. To Bapsi Sidhwa the said policy represents a pseudo- concept. In fact man is a victim of different passions. So most of his actions are the outcome of his different passions. Only a man who has succeeded in curbing his passions to the point of extinction can talk of neutrality in his life which this paper mainly deals with
Keywords:Partitioncommunal frenzyadaptability and equidistance


