Question

Who is the author of the book 'The Other Side of Silence'?

पर्याय

• Khuswant Rai

• Urvashi Butalia

• Khushdeva Singh

• Mahatma Gandhi

Answer 1

Urvashi Butalia

Explanation:

When men were afraid that "their" women-wives, daughters, sisters-would be violated by the "enemy," they killed the women themselves. In her book, The Other Side of Silence, Urvashi Butalia describes one such heinous incident in the Rawalpindi district village of Thoa Khalsa. During Partition, ninety women are said to have "voluntarily" jumped into a well rather than fall into the hands of the "enemy." Migrant refugees from this village continue to remember the incident at a gurdwara in Delhi, referring to the deaths as martyrdom rather than suicide. They believe that men had to accept the decision of women courageously, and in some cases even persuade the women to commit suicide.