By definition, post colonialism is a period of time after colonialism and incorporates writings of those countries which have been affected by the imperial process from the moment of colonization to the present day. Bapsi Sidhwa, a post colonial voice of Pakistan, writes about the identity of the womenfolk of her country and in the novel, The Pakistani Bride has depicted the plights of the three brides – Zaitoon, Afsan and Carol who are subject to all types of gender biases and are victims of different social codes for males and females. Sidhwa’s novel dexterously captures the condition of her women as subjugated entities and provides picture of the grim battle that they fight to secure bare minimum level of self- respect. The novel ends with the protagonist leaving the world of subjugation and entering the life of survival but the moot question is still unanswered, “Where should she go after all?”
Associate Professor, Dept. of English, S.U.College, Hilsa (Nalanda)
