A Subaltern Study of Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon from the Perspective of Identity Crisis: A Postcolonial Analysis

Abstract

In order to fathom the contemporary crisis of postcolonial countries, the acknowledgement of the colonial experiences of these countries plays a very important role. The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad is a wonderful novel that depicts the pre and postcolonial Pakistan simultaneously. The aim of this paper is to draw attention to the historiography of the tribal people who are the victims of territorial nationalism and face identity crisis, as a result of strict border policies after independence from colonial rule, which leaves them in the middle of nowhere. The paper also aims to explore the conflict between subaltern classes and the hegemonic power: a conflict that exist in many postcolonial countries which are now colonized not by foreign rulers but by the indigenous ruling elite which exploits and relegates non-elite to the position of the subaltern.