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Crippled Identity: Disability Narratives and Identity Development in Firdaus Kanga’s Trying To Grow

Author(s) Pranay Biswas, Prof. Subhadeep Das
Country India
Abstract This paper aims to juxtapose the novels Trying to Grow by Firdaus Kanga and The Cripple and His Talismans by Anosh Irani through the lens of the developmental trajectory of the disability identity theory model, where individuals with impairments experience distinct stages of identity development through passive awareness, realisation, and acceptance. The identity model structure focuses on the factors, both physical and psychological, observing the development of their quest for identity. By doing so, it also shed light on the stigmatised and 'abnormal' characters who fight against various forms of social exclusion and the constant struggles to deal with the impairments, thereby highlighting the characters' underlying desire for 'abled-identity' or 'normality.' In his 1991 book "Trying to Grow," Firdaus Kanga investigates the extent to which individuals are affected by the societal stigmas that are connected with having a disability. On the other hand, the protagonist of Anosh Irani's 2004 novel The Cripple and His Talismans, which was published, is also given the name Cripple. The book demonstrates how Cripple copes with his own limitations despite the usual preconceptions that society has about what members of society who have impairments are capable of. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to unravel this contemporary, emancipatory rhetoric of disability as a result of the privileges associated with their gender and class status within the context of Indian society, as well as the various stages of grief through which they rebuild their identities so that they can fit in with society.
Keywords Identity development, disability, social exclusion, abled- identity, societal stigmas, social model, medical model.
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Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-06-30
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