Victim and Saviour: An Analysis of Puro in Amrita Pritams Pinjar

This research paper examines Amrita Pritam’s Pinjar( The Skeleton), focusing on the protagonist Puro ’s suffering and transformation. The novel is set against the backdrop of Partition of India (1947), explores the deep sufferings of violence and displacement by foregrounding the lived women experiences. Amrita also pictures Puro as both a victim and a saviour, there by impairing the conventional portrayals of women in Partition literature. Through the duality of Puro , the paper argues that Pritam reconstructs womanhood in a paradoxical yet empowering way, ultimately redefining the representation of women in Partition narratives.