how have indian writers and poets dealt with the horrors of partition
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A number of novels in the Indian sub-continent have been written on the theme of the Partition of India.
This unforgettable historical moment has been captured as horrifying by the novelists like Khushwant Singh in Train to Pakistan .
A Bend in the Ganges by Manohar Malgaonkar, Attia Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column , Rajan's The Dark Dancer, Bapsi Sidhwa's Ice-Candy-Man, Chaman Nahal's Azadi and Bhisham Sahni's Tamas.
These novels examine the inexorable logic of Partition as an offshoot of fundamentalism and fanaticism sparked by hardening communal attitudes.
These novels belong to the genre of the partition novel.
This unforgettable historical moment has been captured as horrifying by the novelists like Khushwant Singh in Train to Pakistan .
A Bend in the Ganges by Manohar Malgaonkar, Attia Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column , Rajan's The Dark Dancer, Bapsi Sidhwa's Ice-Candy-Man, Chaman Nahal's Azadi and Bhisham Sahni's Tamas.
These novels examine the inexorable logic of Partition as an offshoot of fundamentalism and fanaticism sparked by hardening communal attitudes.
These novels belong to the genre of the partition novel.
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