Women’s ‘Retrieval’ from Pakistan: ‘India’s Daughters’ and the Emotional History of Partition

The Partition of 1947 remains an important reference point for Hindu nationalist political discourse in India, defining its relationship with Pakistan and Muslims South Asia. This article investigates the use label ‘India’s daughters’ by BJP-led NDA government (2014–15), a term originally used to describe Sikh women retrieved from 1947. It offers example emotional power wielded metaphors demonstrates BJP’s attempts insert itself into history transforming meanings terms. case Uzma Ahmad’s retrieval acts as point, illustrating increasing harness semantics.