Unveiling the Politics of Narration: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Manto's "Khol Do"

The year 1947, in Indian history, brings the reminiscence of brutal killings and sexual exploitation of both men and women. Among them, women are the targeted groups for abduction, rape and murder. Over time, this became a part of the literary narration. Similar to history, each literary story can utter the horrors of rape and female trauma. Most of the literary accounts of partition call attention to gender-based violence. The paper "Unveiling the Politics of Narration: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Manto's Khol Do" discusses how Manto's narration establishes the hidden patriarchal ideology over the woman and her body. The study also focuses on how Manto's narration portrays women as the 'inferior other' and the production of patriarchal knowledge on women and their bodies.