Garam Hawa

Dadi, in Garam Hawa, has over the years established an almost religious attachment with her house. For her leaving it mirrors abandoning any of her religious practices. She laments over how she will face her husband on the day of judgement if she gives up the house. For Dadi the house belonged to her husband and now belongs to her son, for her the concept of a third party claiming any kind of ownership is alien and she cannot comprehend it. Thus she is not only evicted from her own home, but also undergoes an exile as she is removed from the only place she knows and can call home. For her it matters little if the land outside her house is Pakistan or India, all that matters is the home of her husband and his ancestors.