Discuss the political dimensions in Anita desai novel clear light of day

Clear Light of Day is set during the India-Pakistan Partition of 1947. Although the lead characters are not directly involved in the event, the partition affects their lives in subsequent years. The characters live in Old Delhi, which could be considered as the better part of town, and thus they do not have to witness any violence of the partition; however, the Partition ends up dividing the family to an extent anyway. Raja moves to Hyderabad to follow his hero, Hyder Ali Khan Saheb; Tara marries out of desperation to leave her dysfunctional family; and Bim and Baba remain in a house full of ghosts of their childhood. It is also important that their separation is not a product of some grievous circumstance, but rather due to their choices. Their "partition" is self-inflicted.