Silent Agonies: Understanding the Depth of Puro's Pain in Pinjar

<p><span>Amrita Pritam, the famous poet and writer of Punjabi Literature, penned the famous novel <em>Pinjar</em> in Punjabi. She was the most prolific writer of her age who contributed a lot of writings to Punjabi literature and won several awards. The proposed study attempts to investigate the insights into the personal costs of partition and the long -lasting trauma it inflicted upon generations. The paper also attempts to portray the injured body and soul of the women who suffered during partition. Amrita Pritam’s novel <em>Pinjar</em>.<span>  </span>revolves around Puro, a young girl from a Hindu family. She has been living happily with her family when suddenly she is kidnapped by Rashid, a Muslim boy. Here starts her tragic journey. The present research paper aims at describing pains experienced by Puro at Physical, Emotional, mental and psychological level. In <em>Pinjar</em>, Amrita Pritam portrays the profound pain and sufferings of Puro, against the backdrop of the partition of India in 1947. Puro’s anguish is both personal and collective as she endures the trauma of displacement, the loss of identity and the betrayal of those closest to her. Her pain is emotional, physical and Psychological as she is abducted forcibly and married to a man whom <span> </span>she does not like. Puro’s journey throughout is full of pain which she bears. She, like so many other women, remains silent and keeps on bearing all the wounds inflicted by life upon her. </span></p>