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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 41

Critical Theories and Intellectual Traditions · Interdisciplinary Fields: Cultural studies, film and media studies, memory and trauma studies, Dalit and subaltern studies, environmental, medical and digital humanities · 1 mark · Multiple select

Identify the novels that deal with the trauma of Partition:

  1. Shauna Singh Baldwin’s What the Body Remembers
  2. Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines
  3. Anita Desai’s Cry, the Peacock
  4. Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve

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Correct answer: (A) Shauna Singh Baldwin’s What the Body Remembers; (B) Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines

Explanation

What the Body Remembers is set in Punjab before and during Partition, and The Shadow Lines treats its violence and its effects on memory and borders. Cry, the Peacock and Nectar in a Sieve are not about Partition.