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With the partition of the subcontinent in 1947 a special political diaspora evolved within India. Masses of the population that have more or less successfully battled out spheres and regions of interests on their own throughout their history became artificially divided overnight by a boundary. The devastating effects of the partition, experiences of migrants and their clashes with each other are illustrated in novels by Salman Rushdie, Khushwant Singh, Amitav Ghosh, M. G. Vassanji and many others. Our present article attempts to illuminate the peculiar circumstances that characterized these various authors and their works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]