• Tharuna G Y
• Dr. M. John Suganya

The Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947 is one of the greatest tragedies and it remains one of the most agonizing experiences in history. This Article aims to make a detailed examination of the trauma of partition mainly the religious intolerance in both the countries by the authors. The novels Train to Pakistan (1956) by Khushwant Singh and Ice candy man (1988) by Bapsi Sidhwa had lot of similarities but had its individuality as well it speaks about how the characters in the story underwent the terrors of partition and the horror faced by the people and their anxiety. In Ice candy man the terror is portrayed through the eyes of a young girl Lenny, In Bapsi Sidhwa’s novel man’s beast nature is portrayed. Both the authors have displayed poignant scenes like massacre, riots, migration during partition, the two novels are similar to each other in the thematic level.

Postcolonial anxiety, trauma, migration, religious riots, identity crisis.

"Trauma of Partition and Religious Intolerance in the novels Train to Pakistan and Ice Candy Man", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.12-16, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFG06003.pdf

"Trauma of Partition and Religious Intolerance in the novels Train to Pakistan and Ice Candy Man", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. pp12-16, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFG06003.pdf