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The British Partition of Indian had countless disastrous consequences, many of which are rendered in heartbreaking fashion in Bhisham Sahni’s novel, Tamas. Sahni lived through the 1947 riots depicted in the book. In hindsight, Partition was enforced in a thoughtless, naïve fashion.
Tamas is a novel on the Partition, that is partition with a capital P, an earth shattering event in the history of South Asia that laid the grounds for the division of a subcontinent into several parts: India, Pakistan and later, Bangladesh.
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Tamas is the 'reflective response' to the partition of India and Pakistan – one of the most tragic events in the history of the Indian subcontinent. Partially based on true events that Sahni witnessed himself in the communal riots during India's Partition in 1947, the novel follows the life of people from both communities –
Sep 7, 2023 · Tamas, a novel on the Partition by Bhisham Sahni, begins with Nathu in a room filled with shadows from a clay lamp, trying to kill a pig. It’s only in chapter five that the reader learns that a dead pig has been found on the steps of a mosque and the locality is bristling. Tamas (Darkness) was published almost 50 years ago and widely read ...
Tamas, by bhishm sahni, is definitely one of the best Hindi novel on the socio-political situation in Indian villages and towns prevalent during pre-independent India.
- Bhishm Sahni
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- Bhisham Sahni
Tamas, his best known novel, won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1975 and was subsequently adapted into a National Award-winning film by Govind Nihalani. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1998, and the Shlaka Award, the Delhi government's highest literary prize, in 1999.
'Tamas is a prophetic warning against the use of religion as a weapon to gain and perpetuate political power' GOVIND NIHALANI. In a city in undivided Punjab, Nathu, a tanner, is bribed to kill a...
Feb 15, 2016 · A timeless classic about the Partition of India, Tamas is also a chilling reminder of the consequences of religious intolerance and communal prejudice. Daisy Rockwell’s fresh and definitive...
