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uditnair24's review against another edition
4.0
Partition evokes mixed feelings for people of this subcontinent. Gulzar sahab has tried to convey the emotions behind this historical event which shaped the destiny of this subcontinent. Probably english couldnt do the justice it deserved but yet it's a great read for sure.
robinwalter's review
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
As a child of a Partition refugee child, I was looking forward to reading this. It did not disappoint. Every bit as uncompromising and uncomfortable as I expected, Gulzar's pain and poetry both shine through, even in translation. Having read the English translations of the poems, I look forward to reading the Hindi originals. The translated stories - some autobiographical, some fictionalised - were also powerful, poignant and painful. Highly recommended.
singh_reads_kanwar2's review
4.0
This book is a collection of poetry and short stories from the Gulzar collection , which he wrote on partition and war amd after effects of it. Poetry described the 1947 partition, the fight for religion, people how safeguard themselves, who helped the people and what happened to them and what they faced. Them in stories he wrote about friends who meet after long time on war front after the partition. The story of death, story of finding relatives back in Pakistan who went missing. Memories of mother, and her unique relationship with tree who was rumours to be grave of holy men. Story of love that remains unfulfilled, stories of disaster, stories of war, stories about children who born in generation when war is going on and they want watch it as an entertainment. Habit and obsession of the people who have been serving the nation for long time and didn't gone home
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