Violence, Martyrdom and Partition: A Daughter's Testimony

Abstract

Oral history in recent years has acquired a salience and acceptance that is both popular and academic and has occupies a recognized place within the scholarly practices of numerous academic disciplines, such as anthropology, education, history, geography, political science, and sociology. It is an interesting and developing field which plays a vital role in recovering lost histories while enlarging our understanding of the past. As a methodological tool, it is being widely used by feminist historians to contest the subaltern status of women and recover histories that would otherwise remain hidden behind the dominant discourses, thus foregrounding the silenced subjectivities of women.