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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

 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 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  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, 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             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

 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

 The author tells a story about an old woman who is unable to understand the intricacies of Partition. She doesn’t want to leave her house for newly formed Pakistan. She loves her roots and doesn’t want to get cutoff from her roots. She is not ready to leave her land, country and her neighbors and likens this leaving to death. “Time passed on, but Amma stayed steadfast in her position like a banyan tree that stands upright through storms and blizzards.” These lines tells us how deeply and stubbornly amma wanted to be there. She's also worried that how the new soil would be which she depicts as “Who knows whether the new soil will be conducive to these saplings or make them wilt. These poor saplings.”  Ammas love and care and her life devoted to us is endless as we can see in these lines " ten images of flesh and blood - ten human beings were born in that hallowed room from that sacred womb". We can see how beautifully a women's womb is personified here. "She had

 ROOTS- LITERARY APPRECIATION Ismat Chugtai is an Urdu writer who portraited the lives of many poor innocent loving people who had to face the misery of man-made religious disaster. She also used to convey the life and situation of middle-class women on the age. ‘roots’ is the short story which is the combination of the both. Interpersonal relationships and boundless love are the key elements that Ismat Chugtai’s work. Roots is an fictional extract depicting the real life miseries that the common people have to come across during the Indo-Pak partition. ‘Who knows whether the new soil will be conducive for these saplings or make them wilt, these Poor saplings.’ Expresses the love and concern of a mother her children. She in her thoughts is lost  and compares her children with saplings and their home as roots. ’Own land’ is also the expression that the mother is obsessed about. Amma was not sure about the new place that her children are going to reside. The place where one was born and

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. ‘Deadly wound that it would feaster for years to come’, ‘blunt knife of arteries were left open rivers of blood flowed’, shows the pathetic and terrible miseries of poor Indians that they have to face on the timeline. It conveys the killings and atrocities that wiped a large number of population. ‘If one sneeze, one ran there’- the expression shows the love, care and compassion that one had for the other in appa’s and chachu’s family despite caste or politics which were prioritiz

ROOTS LITERARY APPRECIATION:  By Anjali PV 20umat3731  India has always been a country with a lot of space to accommodate different cultures, religion, ethnicity and what not . Ismat Chugtai , an author with commendable story telling skills succeeded in keeping the reader on the edge through each and every line . The protagonist here is “Amma” , a strong willed lady with a lot of love and respect for everyone around her and so is the other way . The story takes wonderful twirls and turns ..good enough to make a grown man cry by the end . Memories hold invisible souls, is something that Chugtais ink conveyed to me .  In fact, Ismat Chugtais words spoke volumes throught the story, one could easily identify that she has a good way with her words . EXAMPLE  1.“India was operated upon by such clumsy hands and blunt knifes …..’ Here the Britishers are her bait for satire , a rather painful one of course. Their clumsiness with the power they possessed and dragging a country to ruins and riots

 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'. 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 real lonliness.At the time of seperation she had a strong believe that Rupchandji  would not involve in seperation

                                 ROOTS Roots(Jadien) is a short story written by Ismat Chugtai. It is a fictional take on the impact of the Partition of India on interpersonal relationships between a hindu family and a muslim family, as well as the idea of 'community' and 'home'. The readers are kept on a curious loop while the events unfold slowly and beautifully to the main part of the story. There are plenty of literary devices ,some which are sewn wonderfully into the story. Here are a few below... 1)" India was operated upon by such clumsy hands and blunt knives that thousands of arteries were left open. Rivers of blood flowed, and no one had the strength left to stitch the wounds." India has been personified as a patient and the doctor who operated India is the British who colonized India for many years and then, before leaving and giving Indians their freedom left a deep wound which is the Partition. The English had operated Indians with such 'clums

 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                - Ismat Chugtai Roots is a short story written by Ismat Chugtai. It depicts the situation of India during the partition period through the life of a Hindu and a Muslim family. The story also focuses on the feelings of insecurity experienced by the members of the Muslim family. It highlights the triumph of love in the face of communal hatred. The use of literary lines made the story more beautiful. Some of them are – 1.    “India was operated upon by such clumsy hands and blunt knives that thousands of arteries were left open.”     Here India is personified as a person and was operated by the clumsy hands of Britishers. Many people were killed and left wounded physically as well as mentally.   2.    “Deadly wounds that it would fester for years to come.”    Even though the Britishers left India, they made a deep wound that is the partition which would make the situation more terrible and intense.   3.    “But there was no oil in the lamp that day, and the wick had b

                      ROOTS                                    Ismat Chughtai  "ROOTS" a short story written by Ismat Chughtai, is a fictional take on the impact of the Partition on interpersonal  relationships.This story has depicted the oppression and misery of middle class Muslim women with artistic depth.  "You all go. As for me, where shall I go at this age.” Amma tells Sardar Ali, the leader of the National Guards. Finally, Amma’s sons, daughters, son-in-laws, daughter-in-laws and other relatives start to leave the house for newly formed Pakistan, Amma’s heart flutters and tears come in her eyes and she thinks. "Who knows whether the new soil will be conducive to these saplings or make them wilt. These poor saplings.”Amma couldn’t sleep the whole night, thinking whether his sons and daughter and other relatives will be able to survive or get killed in the way. "The severely beaten living woman in the world.”Aamina also faces harsh treatment from her mothe

                                                              ROOTS                            ISMAT CHUGTAI ‘Roots’ is a short story which shows us how two families who were close to each other bu t  got separated due to the partition of the country. The author has used some literary devices to bring beauty to the story.   "India was operated upon by such clumsy hands and blunt knives that thousands of arteries were left open." Here India is personified. Author tells that India is ruled by the clumsy hands of Britishers who are brutally killing innocent lives and leaving them wounded. They are hurting them physically and mentally.   "But there was no oil in the lamp that day, and the wick had burnt out." Imagery of Amma is being told here. It shows us that she is tire,sad,became hopeless and was feeling loneliness. Light in her was fading when all her children and grandchildren left her alone.   "Between these two flags there was a chasm mi

 The short story "ROOTS" was writtern  by the famous Urdu writter Ismat Chugtai. This was a fictional impact of the partition on interpersonal relationship , memory , love as well as native place and religious.This story was held in the time of partition of India and Pakisthan. The story is based on Amma ; her feelings, loneliness, memories takes impart at the time all her family members decide to live India. In the story we can see 2 families Muslim family as Abba's and Hindu family - Rupchandji . Both were lived as a single family with love ,care . But the partition made them also seperate.                While partition held Abba's family decide to move to Pakisthan,Amma refuse to pack her belogings and set off her land.Several imotional memories came to her mind at the day she get married and came this place, her first child birth, her daughter -in - laws entry, their delivery, her husbands death all happened here.This all made her move emotional and felt the root

 '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 whether the new soil will b

 ROOTS The short story 'Roots' written by Ismat Chugtai depicts the relationship between a hindu and a muslim family, and how the partition of India causes crack in their relationship.The story shows us how communal riots causes violence and bloodshed in the peaceful lives of people.This story is filled with a number of literary devices which makes it more beautiful. "India was operated upon by such clumsy hands and blunt knives that thousands of arteries were left open.Rivers of blood flowed, and no one had the strength left to stitch the wounds."  India is personified as a person here.The author says that India was operated by the clumsy hands of Britishers.Thousands of people were killed brutally and were left wounded, physically as well as mentally.No one had the strength to stitch the wounds. "Deadly wound that it would fester for years to come" Though the Britishers had left India, they left a deep wound here called partition, which would make the situ

   " Roots" by Ismat Chugtai, as the title suggests, is a story about the roots of a human life. The theme of the story is well explained by narrator's mother's character, who refused to be uprooted to another country. She strongly hold onto her 'roots'. For her, the country is her home. The story shows her love for homeland. A lot of literary usages can be found in the story which improves the reading experience. Some of them are : : Between these 2 flags flags there was a chasm miles wide- exaggeration to show how distant they were in mind  : Chasm became filled with venom spewing snakes- metaphor to show the distance between people, and riots  : One may not care for one's own life but even a lamp whose oil run out shudders before it's final gasp- comparison  : Amma stayed steadfast in her position like a banyan tree that stands upright type through storms and blizzards - amma is portrayed as someone not flickering from her decision  : I am like a la

  Roots by Ismat Chugtai depicts the situation of India during the partition period through the story of  one Hindu family  and one Muslim family. The violent nature of the riots that followed the partition was very clearly portrayed by the writer. The use of literary lines had made the story extra ordinary and gave readers the actual effect of the riots. Some of them are:- 1. 'Between these two Flags there was a chasm mikes wide'. These lines show how the partition widened the gap between the two families. Earlier they were so close but after partition no one took notice of each other's family. 2. 'Deadly wound that it would fester for years to come' shows how much pain people suffered after partition and this pain was unbearable for them. 3. 'Memory pierced through the heart like lightning' Here we can see how beautiful and peaceful was the family and the strong bond that existed between those families. 4. 'She had nursed the crop with her heart&#

 ROOTS Roots is a short story written by Ismat Chughtal.The story is a narrated by author itself. 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. Amma is the protagonist of this story. Author relates to us with an extrene sensitivity to the agony which people faced during the partition. 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.The story thus throws light on question of nationality.A member of the neighbouring Hindu family brings an end to the travails of Amma in this night of unquiet, by persuading the refugees to come back to their house.Climax of the story is reunion of two families.The author used a lot of figure of speech to make the story beautiful. This story is rich with literary devices 1. She had nursed the crop with her heart's blo

  The story roots by Ismat Chughtai takes place during the partition of India and Pakistan. The close relationship between the two families, a Muslim family and a Hindu family, is tested in the wake of partition. The story throws light on questions of nationality. The central beauty of the story lies in the use of literary devices. "Between these two flags there was a chasm miles wide" "The house on the other side seemed as far removed as a fleeting cloud in the distant sky" The partition disturbed the harmony between these two families. Eventhough the houses were close to one another, the mindset of the family members had become distant. "Time passed on, but Amma stayed steadfast  in here position like a banyan tree that stands upright through storms and blizzards" The members of the Muslim family decides to leave to Pakistan but Amma refuses and stubbornly stays back in India. Because she believed that her roots lie in India. "She had nursed the c

 A literary appreciation of the short story ‘Roots’                              Roots is a famous short story written by Ismat Chugtai. She is one of the first few feminist writers of Urudhu literature. Being a member of a conservative Muslim family she wrote about the issues faced by the women of her era. Roots is a story about her mother.                             In this story she tells about an old woman who is unable to understand the complexities  of partition. She does not want to leave her homeland. She does not want to cut off her roots from Indian soil. She is not amenable to the  persuasions of her relatives to migrate to Pakistan. Though his family decided to go to Pakistan , she remains in her home land. But due to the timely intervention of a family friend , her family returns back. The reunion of the family is the climax of the story.                                       The story is narrated by the author herself. The language of the story is simple and beautiful. T

 ROOTS Indians can never forget the bloodshed and violence that happened in 1947. Even if we remember about the past glory of the hard earned Independence, the pages of 1947 also includes stories of bitterness, pain and killings. The country was in the midst of partition and violence. And communal frenzy swept the nation in the wake of partition. The story Roots by Ismat Chugtai deals with those harrowing experiences . It is a first person narrative story. And the author has used the essence of various figures of speech and literary devices to create an aesthetic pleasure in the mind of the readers. These are the few examples:- Had inflicted such a deadly wound that it would fester for years to come. The partition of India is being compared to a deadly wound. Deadly wound symbolises how painful the partition was.  But there was no oil in the lamp that day,and the wicked had burnt out.  These symbolises the attitude of the mother. She was  scared about what will be the condition in the

 NATASHA MARIA DAVIS  2ND DC BA SOCIOLOGY  A literary appreciation of the short story Roots.  Roots by Ismat Chugtai provokes the reader to look into the eyes of Amma to see the ocean of pain she holds amidst the roar of partition that takes place in India during the freedom struggle. The story is a strong depiction on how the concept of partition affects people in terms of their person relationships and also the memories they hold back in India.  Myriad number of figures of speech can be touched across while reading the work of Chugtai.  1)To begin with, India was operated upon by such clumsy hands and blunt knives that thousands of arteries were left open. So here the author personifies India as a human being, which is the prime reason he has said that through the exploitative actions of the British, the arteries of India was left open.  2)Rivers of blood flowed, and no one had the strength left to stitch the wounds. The above line is an example of personification and therefore what

 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

 The Roots is a beautiful short story written by Ismat Chughtai.  Ismat Chughtai in  her short stories has depicted the oppression and misery of middle class Muslim women with artistic depth. Ismat Chughtai's short stories helped in bringing out many complications in society which would rather have been unknown to people in India. Roots is a fictional take on the impact of the Partition on interpersonal relationships, memory as well as the idea of 'home' and 'community'.  Literary Devices 1. Deadly wound that it would fester for years to come - personification (partition). The partition of India is being compared to a deadly wound. Deadly wound symbolises how painful the partition was.  2. But there was no oil in the lamp that day,and the wick had burnt out - symbolises Amma 3. She had nursed the crop with her heart's blood  These symbolises the attitude of the mother. She was  scared about what will be the condition in the new land.  4. But even a lamp whose oi

 The roots is story written by popular Indian urdu novelist ISMAT CHUGHTAI. . The story  tells about an old woman who is unable to understand the intricacies of partition . the author tells as  about the dreadful condition of thousands of people during the period of partition. The story is  surrounded around the family of the author.by making herself as character she is representing the  entire population who suffered during the era of partition,. The story is presented in such a beautiful  way that makes the audience fall deep into the story . 1 , “TIME PASSED ON ,BUT AMMA STAYED STEADFAST IN HER POSITION LIKE A BANYAN TREE THAT  STANDS UPRIGHT THROUGH STORMS AND BILIZZAERDS” The author is presenting amma as a “BANYAN TREE”. Banayan tree is a tree which have prop roots from  branches of stem .its roots goes deep down in soil and it is almost impossible to cut its roots off . just  like a banyan tree ammas roots goes deep down in her homeland . she spended her whole life in this  land

 Roots is a short story  written by Ismat Chughtai. This story is an artful depiction of love and mutual respect between a hindu and a muslim family. It also portraits the impact of India Pakistan partition among the people. Amma, the narrator's mother is the central character of the story who tie both families eachother. She refuses to be uprooted and stubbornly stays back in India during the partition. She is sceptical of setting in an alien land. The story thus throws light on questions of nationality and highlights the triumph love in the face of communal hatred.   * "India was operated upon the clumsy hands and blunt knives that thousands of arteries were left open."            The colonial British power is personified to clumsy hands.This statement shows the intensification of communal riots that happened in India during partition. Thousands of people were killed brutally and was deeply wounded physically and mentally. No one gained the victory from this riot but ma

              Ismat Chugtai  was an Indian Urdu novalist, short story writter  -the author of "ROOTS".  Roots was a real story which was held in the time of partition of India and Pakisthan . 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 real lonliness.At the time of seperation she had a strong believe that Rupchandji  would not involve in sepe

 ROOTS :.     ISMAT CHUGTAI The story Roots by Ghalib Award winner Ismat chugtai  depicted the communal problems created during the time of partition . The story deals with two families and how the partition of India causes crack in their relationship . The story also depctied how a simple thing called caste causes dispute in a country like India  and how changes the peaceful condition to blood shed all over the country .             The main beauty of the story is the use of many literary words which used to show the actual condition of the mother who is the protogonist of the story when all her relatives left her alone . In the time of partition all the members of amma' s  family decided to go to Pakistan but she resisted it because she belived that India the land she  now living is her real place or her land and she thought that there is no need to go from here.  The writer used a sentence to show the actual plite of the amma , which is most touching and beautiful lines of the s