PORTRAYAL OF POWER DYNAMICS IN BAPSI SIDHWA’S NOVEL ‘THE PAKISTANI BRIDE’

Abstract

This research paper spotlights Michel Foucault’s concept of power in BapsiSidhwa’s Novel ‘The Pakistani Bride’.The paper draws our attention to the fact that ‘power is everywhere’ and ‘comes from everywhere’ as stated by theFrench Postmodernist- Michel Foucault. The work will portray that it is the power that controls one's brain, body,conduct, and the choices that one makes. The accepted practices and norms are the result of power. The paper exhibitsthe traces of power concept especially the normalizing power in the novel ‘The Pakistani Bride’ and how it is used asa form of social control by taking few incidents from the novel.