Vol. 1, Issue 4, Part A (2015)

Abstract

The aim of the present research paper is to show postcolonial impact in Sidhwa’s fascinating novel called Ice-Candy Man. Being a Parsi, Sidhwa successfully presents the story of the novel without any partiality and partisanship. The novel is based on the partition of India into two sovereign countries including India and Pakistan and its devastating impact upon Hindu-Muslim relationship, moral decay, communal riots, murdering of innocent people, migration of thousands of people and etc. The story of the novel is narrated from the perspective of a child narrator named Lenny, a Parsi girl.