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ROOTS by ismat chugtai

Roots Manojkumar_20umat3721 'Roots' a short story written by Ismath Chugthai is a fictional take on the impact of partition on interpersonal relationships as well as the idea as the home and community.   The story takes before the declaration of independence of India and Pakistan where migrations have already begun. The narrative is seen from the perspective of 'Amma' giving as an understanding on how women experienced the partition. The old woman is unable to understand the intricacies of partition and doesn't want to leave her house. She loves her roots and doesn't want to cut off her roots.  "Time passed on but Amma stayed steadfast like a banyan tree that stands upright through storms and bizzards". Amma is not ready to leave her land , neighbours and likens this leaving to death. Finally her children, grandchildren and relatives leaves amma and migrates to Pakistan. But she couldn't sleep the whole night thinking about them.  "Who knows

Literary Appreciation- JOYAL GIJO(20umat3708)

 ROOTS(Ismat Chugtai) Roots is a short story by Ismat Chugtai which is an depiction of reality on an around the time of India-Pakistan partition. The story presents the love and care that two families have for one another at the mist of communal hatred. Ismat Chugtai have made the work that provoke the emotions of the readers through a lot of figures of speech.   1. “Two pearls of warm tears trickled down”    The warm tears represent the tear of happiness of Amma when her children came back. And it is considered as valuable and precious. 2. "Who knows whether the new soil will be conducive to these saplings or make them wilt." Amma couldn't sleep that night, thinking whether her children and other relatives will be able to survive in the new land or get killed on the way. 3. "She had nursed the crop with her heart's blood through fifty years."            Amma's family is personified to crop.Amma take care of her family. She spent her good time of her li

ROOTS - LITERARY APPRECIATION (Alen Shibu-20UMAT3734)

 ROOTS LITERARY APPRECIATION Roots is a short story by Ismat Chugtai which is an depiction of reality on an around the time of India-Pakistan partition. The story presents the love and care that each religion and people have for one another at the mist of communal hatred. The Urdu writer Ismat Chugtai have made the work that provoke the emotions of the readers through a lot of literary expressions which could be found throughout the narration. The feelings were getting stronger while going along with the story.   “Two pearls of warm tears trickled down”    The warm tears represent the tear of happiness of Amma when her children came back. And it is considered as valuable and precious. Who knows whether the new soil will be conducive to these saplings or make them wilt." Amma couldn't sleep that night, thinking whether her children and other relatives will be able to survive in the new land or get killed on the way. She had nursed the crop with her heart's blood through fif

Roots /Vinil Wilson

 Roots  The short story "Roots" by Ismat Chugtai explains the relationship between Hindu and Muslim families and how the division of India breaks their relationship. The whole story shows the bond between the two families and the mother's love for her hometown. It also shows the impact of partition over Indian lives. 1. “Rivers of blood flowed”. These lines show how pathetic the situation of India where many were killed in that time. 2. “Deadly wound that it would fester for years to come”. shows how much pain people suffered after partition. 3. “Between these two flags there was a chasm mile wide”. Here the two families were once very intimate to each other. However, due to the separation of India, the families have separated and there was a mile-wide gap between these two families. 4. “Time passed on, but Amma stayed steadfast in here position like a banyan tree that stands upright through storms and blizzards”. Here all other family members expect Amma uprooted to newl

ROOTS-20UMAT379-Agnes Tom

 Roots, a short story written by Ismat Chughtai, is a fictional take on the impact of the Partition on interpersonal relationships, memory as well as the idea of ‘home’ and ‘community’. The narrative, which is seen from the perspective of an aged woman ‘Amma’, is an insight into how women experienced the Partition.The language of the story is simple and beautiful. It encapusalutes the partition weaving a beautiful plot around the relationship between a hindu and a muslim family. The story is set in Marwar, just before the declaration of Independence of India and Pakistan, where migrations have already begun taking place. However, despite constant persuasion by her family members, Amma refuses to pack up her belongings and set off for another land.The agony of having to leave one's birthplace, culture Amma does not want to cut off he from roots.She doesn’t want to leave her house for newly formed Pakistan. However, the reader gains an insight into the brutality of the experience as

Roots /Archana Venu

 Roots             Roots a short story written by Ismat Chughtai. It is a fictional take on the impact of the partition on interpersonal relationships, memory as well as the idea of home and community. The narrative , which is seen from the perspective of an aged woman Amma is an insight into how women experienced the partition.                     The story is set in just before the declaration of independence of India and Pakistan. Amma refuses to pack up her belongings and set off for another land. She has emotional connection to where she was born. She is convinced that she should not leave with her family members. At this point , her neighbours , Roopchand and his wife are a source of solace and comfort for her.           " Time passed on, but Amma stayed steadfast in her position like a banyan tree that stands upright through storms and blizzards."                 Finally Amma's sons , daughters ,son in laws , daughter in laws and other relatives start to leave the

Roots /Hridya Nair

 A short story written by (Ismat Chughtai). Is a fictional take on the impact of the Partition on interpersonal relationships, memory as well as the idea of 'Home' and 'community'. The story depicts how financial burden is another reason for the plight of a lower and lower middle class women. Roots mourns over  the lost of an oldmother where her children decide to move to Pakisthan by leaving Amma here.This story mainly focused on  relationship between the neighbouring hindu and muslim family (Abba's  and Rupchandji) .The family lived in love but partition also seperated their love to each other. During the crucial situation while Hindu's returning to India and Muslims to Pakisthan. Amma take the decision to continue in her land and not to leave.When her children leave her her taughts  made the story more beautiful. The inner taughts  like the day she came as mrs Abba ,her first childs birth at the room , her husbands death all are happened her and she felt the