International Research Journal of Education and Technology

Trauma frequently eludes expression and manifests itself through narrative rupture, silence, and fragmentation. Pages Stained with Blood by Indira Goswami highlights the limitations of language in describing intense grief and offers a striking literary depiction of the 1984, anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. This essay explores the novel's representation of trauma through narrative gaps, silence, and the disintegration of cohesive expression. The research makes the case that silence in the book serves as a meaningful kind of witness rather than just being an absence, drawing on trauma theory and specifically the writings of Cathy Caruth and Shoshana Felman.The fragmentary diary style, the recurrent theme of silence, and the narrator's psychological confusion are all examined in this study to show how Goswami embodies the unimaginable aspects of community violence. In the end, the book turns silence into a kind of moral observation, showing how literature addresses pain in situations where words are insufficient.

Keywords:Trauma, Silence, Unspeakability, Testimony, Violence, Witnessing.