Reconsidering Operation Blue Star and 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots- A Study of Vikram Kapur’s The Assassinations- A Novel of 1984

Abstract

The Assassinations is the story of the horrible experience of 1984 anti-Sikh riots. It was a massacre which devoured thousands of people, especially the Sikhs. This novel captures the painful memories and turbulence of the 1980s and how this massacre tore apart people and communities. Vikram Kapur uses the postmodern narrative technique to tell the story of the novel. The story of the novel is being told from multiple viewpoints. The very first chapter of the novel reveals the assassination of Indira Gandhi on 31^st October 1984. Vikram Kapur divulges the tense atmosphere of Delhi before and after the assassination of Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. In the final chapter, the writer shows the real picture of Delhi after 20 years of the assassination of Indira Gandhi. My present paper tries to reconsider Operation Blue Star and1984 anti-Sikh riots.