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April 2019; 100 years of Jallianwala massacre. Scars of brutality
still fresh after a century’s lapse.
Jallianwala
Bagh massacre, the butchering of unarmed innocents, is a historic event that
haunts the human mind even after the lapse of a century. 1650 rounds fired in a
matter of ten minutes, the blocking of exits, preventing help reaching the
injured are all acts of unmitigated bestiality.
Through
a selection of prose and poetry – the direct outcome of this horrific event and
an introduction that traces the history of events leading to the massacre –
Rakhshanda Jalil, a literary historian and translator from Urdu and Hindi,
attempts to open a window into the world of possibilities that literature
offers to reflect, interpret and analyse events of momentous historical import.
The selection offers ways of ‘seeing’ history, of exploring how an incident
that stirred the conscience of millions, found its way through pen and paper to
reach the nooks and crannies of popular imagination filtered through the mind
of the
creative writer.
The
acknowledged doyens of Indian literature featured in this volume include Saadat
Hasan Manto, Mulk Raj Anand, Krishan Chander, Abdullah Hussein, Bhisham Sahni,
Ghulam Abbas, Subadhra Kumari Chauhan, Sarojini Naidu, Sohan Singh Misha,
Muhammad Iqbal, Josh Malihabadi, Nanak Singh, to name a few. A collection that
can pave the way for further research.
Reviews:
India Today: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20190422-haunting-the-hardback-books-1500279-2019-04-12
The Hindu Business Line: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/100-years-of-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-expressions-of-grief-in-poetry-and-literature/article26809192.ece
Mint: https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/voices-from-jallianwala-bagh-1555054525021.html
The Citizen: https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/16695/A-Multitude-of-Voices-Mark-100-Years-of-Jallianwala-Bagh-Massacre?fbclid=IwAR2k_nkPEc75D7NJcAhu6XVJ5N2_gLRh3Z7_t0qBmkBrCVeXbF7xmUwR9NE
Tehelka: http://tehelka.com/remembering-a-dark-chapter-of-british-rule/
Live History India: https://www.livehistoryindia.com/stories-that-make-india/2019/04/13/the-jallianwala-bagh-tragedy-100-years?fbclid=IwAR0rbpXgzHDfmwD3w5uvL-Iu0dXv2zpq_KJThGTEDd-RxUYlt5KqPkvr6iI
The Wire: https://thewire.in/history/jallianwala-bagh-rakshanda-jalil
Business Standard: https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/book-explores-how-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-has-reflected-in-literature-119041400340_1.htm
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Book Excerpt:
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