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At the time of the partition, why did many men kill their wives/daughters and sisters? |
Women got tired too quickly while walking which slowed the pace of migration. They were envious of the protection they were getting at the time of partition. They feared that their women will be violated by the enemy. They wanted to become the rightful owner of all the property possessed by women. |
They feared that their women will be violated by the enemy. |
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. |
