Diminishing Voice and Consciousness: An Analysis of the Fiction of Bapsi Sidhwa

Being a writer is a great responsibility of telling the truth, but it becomes more significant when the one is writing not only to unlock their heart but also to give voice to their cultural heritage which is on the verge of extinction. As a Parsee Bapsi Sidhwa, a Pakistani-Punjabi-Diaspora has achieved a great success to give the voice to her diminishing Parsee community. Yet her feminine consciousness is dominating her fiction, which provides a new colour and horizon to her narratives. Her all five novels and a short story collection are deeply steeped in romanticism but her feminine heart never allow her to lose the focus from her responsibility to do the justice not only with her gender but also to her about to diminishing religion.