Disability and the Search for Identity in Malsawmi Jacob's Zorami: A Redemption Song

The present article explores societal views towards an individual that has survived sexual violence which can accelerate the possibility of disability in Malsawmi Jacob's "Zorami: A Redemption Song" (2015). The paper investigates the level of outlook and attitudes toward sexually assaulted survivors. The sexually assaulted victim is not only left with physical injuries but often acquire trauma-induced mental illness. It further aims to highlight the concerns of complexity of disability as lived experience, psychological as well as sociological. Representation of trauma faced by women survivors of war is mentioned in the work, creating a space for identity and transparency in a predominantly patriarchal culture. Through the lens of disability and vulnerability study, the paper will challenge dominant beliefs about disability and vulnerability in selected narratives to understand the dialectics of alienation and silence of women victims as such.