A Study of ‘Partitioned’ Identity in Manto’s Toba Tek Singh

Abstract

The word Identity is basically meant by, who or what a person really is. It came from French identite, from Latin identitas, and idem, which means ‘the same’. In sociology and psychology, a person's expression and conception of their own and others' group affiliations or individuality, is what is known as the identity. Society, identity and self are inseparable terms regarding an individual. Identity is derived from culture because individuals are socialized into it. Identities are fragmented and fractured, but multiply and are constantly in the process of transformation. Geography or physical surroundings in which the human being is brought up or currently based has a vital place in that person’s identity formation.