Narrating Traumatic Voices of Women: A study of Shahnaz Bashirs The Half Mother and Farah Bashirs Rumours of spring

The political conflicts resulting in the human tragedies continue to find space in the anthologies. As the culture of war dominates, the literature continues to record the sharp perspectives rooted in the personal experiences. Two such works namely The Half Mother by Shahnaz Bashir and The Rumour of spring: A girlhood in Kashmir by Farah Bashir portray the trauma faced by people of conflict ridden Jammu and Kashmir. Both the novels offer insights into the grim realities of Kashmir and they speak aloud about the trauma faced by women. They portray the miseries and misfortunes that the women encountered daily while living in the blood stained Kashmir in the post 1990’s era. This paper is based on these two novels and attempts to inform on the tragic stories of women as told by the authors. The way the writers phrase their experiences and share the pain is analyzed.