ABSTRACT
Displacement, especially involuntary displacement, creates enormous pain and suffering in the displaced and the wider culture and society. The vision and practices of social healing need to address this. It also needs to understand the way the displaced cope with it? Our fellow beings in this field many a time show courage, creativity, resistance and resilience, and they write their experiences and through this derive strength. Along with the writings by the displaced, other creative writers also write about the experience of the displaced by narrating how they cope with their pain, vulnerability and suffering. They not only try to survive but strive to thrive. They cultivate new practices and vocations of dwelling, which contributes to healing.
