THE DISPLACEMENT AND UNHOMLINESS OF THE COLONIZED IN MANTO'S TOBA TEK SINGH

Abstract

The paper in hand attempted to highlight the post-colonial issues of the colonised. Even after gaining freedom from the British, the natives were unable to regain their identity. They faced many psychological problems. They could not come to terms with their present identity. In this term paper, the researchers used the lens of postcolonial theory to identify postcolonial issues in Manto’s Toba Tek Sin. In the analysis, the researchers claimed that mimicry, displacement, and unhomeliness are major post-colonial issues faced by natives who have been dissected by the colonisers in Manto’s Toba Tek Singh. Being preoccupied under the yoke of colonial power, the natives faced psychological trauma, which caused their alien identity, displacement, and unhomeliness.