ICE-CANDY MANOR

CRACKING INDIA BY BAPSI SIDHWA

BIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITER

Pakistani Writer Born in Karachi---later on moved to

Lahore. Victim of Polio when was of two years of

age & was nine at the time of partition. B.A from Kinnaird College in 1957 Married at the age of 19, divorced and

again married with Noshir-three children Currently she resides in USA.

CAREER & AWARDS

Has been teaching at the University of Houston, Rice University, Columbia University, Mount Holyoke College and Brandeis University.

Visiting scholar at the Roucfeller Foundation Centre, Bellagio, Italy.

Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s highest National Honour in the arts.

The German Literaturepris award for “Cracking India”.

Premio Mondello for Foreign authors for “Water” 2007.

WORKS OF BAPSI SIDHWA

City of sin and splendour= writings on Lahore (2006,U.S)

Water, A novel (2006,U.S & Canada) Bapsi Sidhwa Omnipus (2001,Pakistan) An American Brat (1993) Cracking India (1991,US,Originally

published as Ice-Candy Man,1998) The Bride (1982) The Crow Eaters (1978)

ICE-CANDY MAN CHARACTERS

MAJOR CHARACTERS Lenny Ayah Ice-Candy Man(Dilnawaz)MINOR CHARACTERS Col.Bharucha(Lenny’s doctor and

a political activist also) Adi(Lenny’s brother) Imam Din (Old cook in Lenny’s

household) Godmother Sherbat Khan

THE STORY OF THE NOVEL

IMPORTANT PILLARS OF THE NOVEL

Background of the Novel Themes in the Novel Structure of the Novel The Narrative Techniques

used in the Novel. Autobiographical elements

BACKGROUND OF THE NOVEL

The sensitive topic of the partition of the subcontinent serves as the backdrop of the novel. This partition is one of the greatest tragedies of our times. The severity of which has never been fully understood.

BACKGROUND OF THE NOVELcontinues……..

The novel records the neutral observations of Lenny of the World around her and how a political event overshadows her world, causing disintegration and fragmentation.

BACKGROUND OF THE NOVELcontinues……..

Lenny seeks Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Parsees and Sikhs fight for their land and lives and is an unwilling witness to the trauma that accompanied independence.

BACKGROUND OF THE NOVELcontinues……..

Ayah, Lenny’s beautiful and desirable maid, bears the crux of the partition tale becoming, like many others, the victim of her religion.

BACKGROUND OF THE NOVELcontinues……..

The story traces the communal discord that occurred at the time of independence. It highlights that external events can unleash animalistic characteristics in humans, so much so , they are blinded by prejudice and selfishness and use religion to justify their beastly actions.

It’s a story about love lost, trust deceived.

THEMES IN THE NOVEL

MAJOR THEMES The Theme of Partition The Theme of Dislocation &

disintegration The Theme of Communal Discord Dilemma of the Parsi Community Feminism-Women victims & Saviours Constancy of desire & its lack of

moral legitimacy The eternal conflict of moral good &

evil in the human psyche Neutrality

Manipulation Intolerance Duplicity of Colonialism Chaos and Confusion

MINOR THEMES

STRUCTURE OF THE ICE-CANDY MAN

&ITS NARRATIVE

TECHNIQUES

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ELEMENTS