Constructing Voice against Silencing

A Standpoint of PostcolonialFeminism with Reference to Sidhwa

Abstract

Voicing the silence of women is an important theme of the female writers and this paper aims to explore the standpoint of postcolonial Feminism with reference to Sidhwa’s work. She has raised the issue of voicelessness of Pakistani women to get attention of the world to this wretched creature. Voicing the quandary of the voiceless has been a major concern of the postcolonial writers and they particularly give voice to the oppressed who have suffered due to their voicelessness. Sidhwa has pin pointed and criticized the techniques employed by the patriarchy which try to keep women silent.