Patriarchal Violence inCracking IndiaandJasmine
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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.