Author(s): Sayantani Roy

Abstract: ‘Alam’s own house’ is situated around the thematic demarcations of rootlessness and existential crux for identity engulfed in a sequence of nostalgia. The tedious process of relocation, the aloofness that follows it, and the attachment that strongly withholds the ground which is rigid on getting rid of the footprints, this short story reeks of a series of yearnings and remorse. The event of Partition has uprooted millions of people from their birthplace, transported them to a different location altogether, a point from where the search of individuality has begun. The acknowledgement may never happen, the boundaries may cease to make their presence felt after a while, but never does the forbidden signs of expressions ever leave the path.

Keywords: Partition, Memory, Separation, Nostalgia, Remembrance, Identity Crisis, Rootlessness.

Article Info: Received: 10 May 2023; Received in revised form: 08 Jun 2023; Accepted: 19 Jun 2023; Available online: 29 Jun 2023

DOI: 10.22161/ijels.83.71