Abstract Since the paradigm shift that occurred in the 1990s, the human dimension of Partition has gained visibility within academia, chiefly with regard to abducted women. Their kidnapping, as well as the government measures adopted, deprived them of free will and intensified an already traumatic experience. This paper focuses on their representation in two short stories by Ramapada Chaudhury: “Embrace” and “The Stricken Daughter”. By drawing on trauma and affect theory, it highlights the individuality of the abducted despite their shared background and shows how seemingly opposite historical events—abduction and recovery—combine to bring about a gendered trauma. The ultimate aim is to prove that affection via words, or lack thereof, is the determining factor in the healing of wounds. Keywords Partition, Ramapada Chaudhury, short story, abducted women, gender, trauma, affect References AHMED, SARA (2004). The Cultural Politics of Emotion, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
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