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- The story is about Sundar Lal and his reunion with his abducted wife, Lajwanti. Set amidst brutal violence, the story explores the plight of hapless women who were abducted on both sides of the newly-etched border – and their subsequent rehabilitation.
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“Lajwanti” By Rajinder Singh Bedi is about a happily married couple who suffered in the riots that resulted in the partition of India. During the partition, tens of thousands of Hindus and Muslims were forced to pack and leave, because suddenly India was divided on the basis of religion.
Jan 8, 2022 · Set amidst brutal violence, the story explores the plight of hapless women who were abducted on both sides of the newly-etched border – and their subsequent rehabilitation. In his dramatic story, Bedi points out the stark and shameful reality of the rehabilitation process.
Thousands of people joined hands, washed the blood off their bodies, and turned their attention to those who had not been physically mutilated, but whose lives had been shattered and souls had been scarred.
“Lājwantī” by Rajinder Singh Bedi explores the plight of abducted women during the violence and upheaval of the Subcontinent’s partition in 1947.
Sep 10, 2021 · As one starts reading the short story Lajwanti, one is first of all captured by Rajinder Singh Bedi’s straightforward and inviting style of writing. He jumps into the story without any qualms. The focus of this story is a rehabilitation committee whose sole purpose is to return abducted women to their homes.
- Dialogue Times
Rajinder Singh Bedi’s “Lajwanti” is one the famous partition narrative. The story was translated by Alok Bhalla from ‘Stories About the Partition of India’.@...
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Feb 20, 2022 · I aim to reflect on the idea of muted gender through the fictional narratives ‘Khol Do’ by Saadat Hasan Manto and ‘Lajwanti’ by Rajender Singh Bedi. Both of them narrativise the plight of women navigating the political economy of gender/reproductive economy placed at the intersection of religion and gender.
