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One of the earliest English language novels to capture the horrors of the Indian Partition of 1947. Since then it has achieved classic status in the history of Subcontinental literature and for right reasons.
As independence and with it Partition took reality the Punjabis become desperate to learn about their fate. The province of Punjab (like Bengal on the Eastern borders) was to be cut in half between its Muslim majority population and Hindu-Sikh majority population. Those who found themselves ...more
As independence and with it Partition took reality the Punjabis become desperate to learn about their fate. The province of Punjab (like Bengal on the Eastern borders) was to be cut in half between its Muslim majority population and Hindu-Sikh majority population. Those who found themselves ...more
I remembered J.J Abram's Cloverfield as finished the last line of this book. As in many other of my reviews, I have this nasty habit of drawing comparisons and the similarity between Cloverfield and this tale is a very simple one : a very small group of otherwise unimportant people giving us their viewpoint on a cataclysmic event. The post partition riots still form an ugly scar in the history of India and it is against this backdrop as seen from the little village of Manno Majra that Khushwant
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Deeply moving rendition of one of the most tragic periods of modern Indian history.
The legacy of the scars left in that time, fester and hurt the nation to this day.
Hauntingly poignant, atmospheric, drawing you into a microcosm of the tragedies which befell millions.
The legacy of the scars left in that time, fester and hurt the nation to this day.
Hauntingly poignant, atmospheric, drawing you into a microcosm of the tragedies which befell millions.
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