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The British side of her life is often thrown into contention with her Pakistani side of life.

— Tahira Aziz, Displacement - Partition Book
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Displacement - Partition Book

by Tahira Aziz

History · 140 pages

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“The immigrant departing from his homeland is alike a soul leaving its body so for the rest of his life an immigrant is a corpse or a revenant returning to life to seek vengeance from the life.”
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“The vagrant urban soul has lost its center and sometimes this sense of loss is a blessing as the notion of fixed home betrays the temptations multiculturalism offers.”
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“Moreover, the pain of dislocation is perhaps the most visible and yet the most contained element of an immigrant’s life.”
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Tahira Aziz
Tahira Aziz

Tahira Aziz is a Pakistani writer, born in Lahore. With a distinguished academic career spanning over eight years as a lecturer and an MPhil in English Literature from University of the Punjab, whe…

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