A Critical Analysis 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 MAIN IDEA BEHIND WRITING THIS BOOK IS NOT ONLY CONVERSION OF DISSERTATION INTO BOOK. IT IS ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO FIND REFERENCE MATRIAL FOR INDIAN AND PAKISTANI AUTHOR. THIS IS GIFT FOR UPCOMING RESEARCHERS WHO WANTS TO EXLORE BAPSI SIDHWA’S NOVELS