Non-Violence Vs Violence: The Portrayal of Pashtuns’ Non-Violent Struggle Against the British Raj in Kamila Shamsie’s A God in Every Stone

This study analyzes Pashtun’s Non-violence verses Violence by the masters of the British Raj in the novel A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie. The novel is the story of Non-violence, violence, Pashtun’s leadership, Pashtun’s identity crisis and Pashtun’s role in the decolonization of All India. Different Characters and different events happened in the novel are being analyzed through the lenses of the six principles of Non-Violence by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Each and every principle of King’s Non-violence is portrayed in the contents of the novel. The role of Pashtuns in independence of All India and their strategy of non-violence to gain independence from British are the main subjects of the study. The major characters of the novel are stood as the representative of the overall Pashtun’s struggle the rule of British. Moreover, the researcher also focuses on the portrayal of Pashtun’s identity and Pashtun's struggle against the British raj as the real life event in the history of decolonization of All India.