A LEAF IN THE STORMBy LALITHAMBIKA ANTHARAJA NAM FULL SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
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A Leaf in the Storm, a story written originally in Malayalam by Lalithambika Antharjanam, captures the fate of such an unfortunate victim of multiple rapes. ... Manto's story Khol Do is a horrific revelation of a woman who has become insensate after undergoing the experience of multiple rapes.
An attentive scanning of the fictional and personal Partition narratives with a conscious focus on women protagonists effectively helps in mapping the specific suffering and anguish of women as victims of Partition. Much of this reality lies under cover or is subsumed in what is otherwise perceived as the “larger narrative” or the “main story” of Partition.
The mass migrations that took place in 1947 affected women much more and in different ways as compared to men. To start with, the elderly women’s attachment to “home” and the rootedness in family and ancestors was too strong for them to be wrenched away easily across the borders. Most women vehemently reacted and resisted the idea of leaving home. This anguish is recorded in Partition literature in many Indian languages such as Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bengali, etc.