Partition Dialogues (Oip): Memories Of A Lost Home

In an invaluable addition to the genre of Partition literature Alok Bhalla explores the concept of boundaries and homes through his interviews with six well-known novelists from India and Pakistan. In conversation with Intizar Husain Krishna Sobti Bhisham Sahni Krishna Baldev Vaid Kamleshwar and Bapsi Sidhwa Bhalla invokes their personal experiences and memories of the years around 1947; their families in pre-Partition India; their Hindu Muslim or Sikh neighbours; their ideological shifts; their difficult days of survival amidst the carnage and the impact of Partition on their writings. This book will interest general readers students and researchers in politics and society South Asian literature and social history.