• AFSAL JAMAL.P

The novel Azdi deals with the theme of partition of Indian sub continent into India and Pakistan. As Chamal Nahal was himself a refugee, he writes with remarkable penetration and realism. The novel is historical, political and above all, a great work of art. Natal presented life like picture of the period of Partition. The division of the novel into three parts ‘Lull’, ‘Storm’ and ‘Aftermath’ makes it clear that the novel is about the silent atmosphere before the announcement of partition, the horrible incidents caused by the partition and the pitiable condition of the uprooted refugees after the partition. Nahal has used the seven families of a Muslim dominated city Sialkot to represent thousands of sufferers like them.

refugee, complacent, beastly, slaughter, minorities, convoys.

"Pathos of Partition and Disruption: Exploration of Chaman Nahal’s Select Work", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 9, page no.852-855, September 2017, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1709125.pdf

"Pathos of Partition and Disruption: Exploration of Chaman Nahal’s Select Work", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.4, Issue 9, page no. pp852-855, September 2017, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1709125.pdf