The change from a wealthy and glorious force in society to becoming deficient and impoverished has been dramatized in Sunlight on a Broken Column. The dissipation of family also contains the scattering of a way of life. Laila's experience of destitution and her notion about the revolutionary zealots are described retrospectively. Attia Hosain portrays the significant years when Laila grows up and becomes mature enough to think about the socio-political issues. She has narrated the last section reflexively through Laila's point of view. Her personal experience of loss helps us understand the experiences of those who may not have been refugees but did suffer nonetheless. There is a perception of frozen time and an element of mystery in this journey through memory lane amidst the ruins of the home that once nurtured Laila. She remains an objective and unprejudiced observer than an active participant in Politics.

Keywords: Partition, Migration, Disintegration, Feudalism, Loyalty.