Patriarchal Violence inCracking IndiaandJasmine

Abstract

Bapsi Sidhwa'sCracking Indiaand Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine written on the backdrop of the partition violence and violence of identity, show the plight of abducted women and transformation of identity due to the patriarchal nature of violence. In such partition violence, like Ayah, thousands of women were abducted and raped whereas in the violence of identity, the protagonist Jasmine changes her identity given by her husbands. InCracking India,after getting abducted and raped, their status were reduced as fallen women and inJasmine, the protagonists' voice remained unheard. In both novels, the women resist the domination and patriarchal violence inflicted on them.