![]() "Kingdom's End and Other Stories" (1987) is a collection of stories written by Saadat Hasan Manto, published by Penguin Books India (ISBN 0-14-011774-1). It was adapted for the screen in 2003 under the same name. "Pinjar" is a Punjabi novel written by Amrita Pritam which is the story of an abducted woman in the period before the partition, and how she brings about a change in the man who rapes her. "Sunlight on a Broken Column" is a novel by Attia Hosain which depicts the experiences of the protagonist, Laila, a young woman from a taluqdari family of Oudh, in the years leading up to the partition. "A Bend in the Ganges" is a novel by Manohar Malgonkar that features some of the graphic violence that occurred during the partition. "The Dark Dancer" is a novel by Balachandra Rajan that portrays the experiences of an Indian educated abroad who returns home to face the horror of the Partition. "Basti" by Intizar Husain is an Urdu novel that focuses on the partition as memory, through the lens of protagonist Zakir, a historian who seeks to come to terms with this memory in the context of the happenings in 1971 in Pakistan leading up to the formation of Bangladesh. "The Weary Generations", an Urdu novel by Abdullah Hussein, tracks the prehistory of the partition through the experiences of the main character, Naeem, a veteran of the First World War who faces up to the futility and meaningless of the partition. "Half a Village", a Hindi novel by Rahi Masoom Reza, represents the experiences of subaltern Indian Muslims in village Gangauli, and their distinctive take on the vacuity of 'high politics'. "The Broken Mirror", a Hindi novel by Krishna Baldev Vaid, portrays the psychological and sociological transformations in a West Punjabi village in the phase leading up to the Partition, with emphasis on commensal taboos and hardened community boundaries. When a portion of the Muslims from the various regions of India were trying to get to Pakistan, some faced attacks from Hindu and Sikh groups,during their journeys, that involved snatching of money, and jewelry of their wives and daughters -just as there were attacks on Hindus and Sikhs moving in the other direction. Khak aur Khoon is a historical novel by Nasīm Hijazi that describes the sacrifices of Muslims of the Sub-continent during the time of partition in 1947. It is written by a Police officer who was with this train. It is a true story based on a train journey from Indian city of Hoshyarpur to Lahore in Pakistan. "Hoshyarpur to Lahore ("Hoshyar Pur say Lahore tak" in Urdu)" ![]() However, the list is far from being exhaustive. Nearly 60 years after the partition, even now once in a while fictions and films are made that relates to the events of partition.Some of the books and films are discussed here. While some creations depicted the massacres during the refugee migration, others concentrated on the aftermath of the partition in terms of difficulties faced by the refugees in both side of the border. The partition of India and the associated bloody riots inspired many creative minds in India and Pakistan to create literary/cinematic depictions of this event. Artistic depictions of the partition of India
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