A Critical Study of Bapsi Sidhwa’s Major Works

Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938) is an author of Pakistani origin who writes in English and is resident in America. She is best known for her collaborative work with Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta: Sidhwa wrote both the 1991 novel Ice Candy Man which served as the basis for Mehta's 1998 film Earth as well as the 2006 novel Water: A Novel which is based upon Mehta's 2005 film Water.The novels of Bapsi Sidhwa represent social changes in Parsi community in particular and Indian society in general. Change is a continuous process which will never stop at any point. In fact, change means development and it is necessary to live the life with an era of science and technology. The present books aims also at examining her works as the works of Parsi sensibility in a Muslim dominated state of Pakistan. The attempt is to focus on Bapsi Sidhwa as a women and as a writer.

Mital J. Macwan has been working as a Lecturer in Anand Arts College since 2007 – one of the oldest colleges in Gujarat. She has done her M.Phil Research on Bapsi Sidhwa’s works. She has published and presented many papers in national and international Journals, Seminars and Conferences.