तमस / भीष्म साहनी

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साहनी, भीष्म

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: नई दिल्ली : राजकमल प्रकाशन, 2014Edition: 7th संस्करणDescription: 310p. ; 22cmISBN:

9788126715398

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DDC classification:

891.433 SAH 22

Summary: Tamas tells the story of a sweeper named Nathu who is bribed and deceived by a local Muslim politician to kill a pig, ostensibly for a veterinarian. The following morning, the carcass is discovered on the steps of the mosque and the town, already tension-ridden, erupts. Enraged Muslims massacre scores of Hindus and Sikhs, who, in turn, kill every Muslim they can find. Finally, the areaଓs British administrators call out the army to prevent further violence. The killings stop but nothing can not erase the awful memories from the minds of the survivors, nor will the various communities ever trust one another again. The events described in Tamas are based on true accounts of the riots of 1947 that Sahni was a witness to in Rawalpindi, and this new and sensitive translation by the author himself resurrects chilling memories of the consequences of communalism.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Book	Bodh Gaya General Stacks	HIN	891.433 SAH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	IIMG-001339
Book	Raipur		891.433 BHI-14 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available	IIMRP-7123
Book	Udaipur	Fiction	891.4337 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	IIMU-005087

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Tamas tells the story of a sweeper named Nathu who is bribed and deceived by a local Muslim politician to kill a pig, ostensibly for a veterinarian. The following morning, the carcass is discovered on the steps of the mosque and the town, already tension-ridden, erupts. Enraged Muslims massacre scores of Hindus and Sikhs, who, in turn, kill every Muslim they can find. Finally, the areaଓs British administrators call out the army to prevent further violence. The killings stop but nothing can not erase the awful memories from the minds of the survivors, nor will the various communities ever trust one another again. The events described in Tamas are based on true accounts of the riots of 1947 that Sahni was a witness to in Rawalpindi, and this new and sensitive translation by the author himself resurrects chilling memories of the consequences of communalism.

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