Who is the author of the book ‘The Other Side of Silence’?
A. Khuswant Rai
B. Urvashi Butalia
C. Khushdeva Singh
D. Mahatma Gandhi
Answer:B
Who is the author of the book ‘The Other Side of Silence’?
A. Khuswant Rai B. Urvashi Butalia C. Khushdeva Singh D. Mahatma Gandhi
Explanation: At times, therefore, when the men feared that “their” women – wives, daughters, sisters – would be violated by the “enemy”, they killed the women themselves. Urvashi Butalia in her book, The Other Side of Silence, narrates one such gruesome incident in the village of Thoa Khalsa, Rawalpindi district. During Partition, in this Sikh village, ninety women are said to have “voluntarily” jumped into a well rather than fall into “enemy” hands. The migrant refugees from this village still commemorate the event at a gurdwara in Delhi, referring to the deaths as martyrdom, not suicide. They believe that men at that time had to courageously accept the decision of women, and in some cases even persuade the women to kill themselves.