Amritsar to Lahore: A Journey Across the India-Pakistan Border
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (827 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812217438 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Five Stars Amazon Customer arrive on time and is a good book. "Unified India - a mythical homeland!" according to Roman Nies. The author, born in the region, travels across the borders of India and Pakistan, following the traces of the partition. New Delhi, Mussoorie, Amritsar, Wagha, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Muree and Atari, Khyber pass and Grand trunk road are his stages. He teaches a history lesson with no real new recognition, but deplorable irreversible facts. Nevertheless it is a readable book without simplifications. Partition is the traumatic event of the south asian subcontinent history, this is the major issue of this book.Partition leaves its hurting traces deep in mind and soul of the Indian and . Five Stars Amazon Customer well researched and written, clearly knowledge of the language and culture was essential. I went to Woodstock School also.
"Combines evocative detail with compelling reflection."—Times Literary Supplement
Since then, India and Pakistan have fought three devastating wars, and the danger of armed conflict is constant.A sensitive and thoughtful look at the lasting effects of Partition on everyday people, Amritsar to Lahore describes a journey across the contested border between India and Pakistan in 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of Partition. Also woven into the narrative are discussions of the works of South Asian novelists, poets, and filmmakers who have struggled with the issue of identity across the borderlands.Ongoing battles in Kashmir and nuclear testing by both India and Pakistan may prove that peace in this region can be achieved only when border disputes are resolved. Setting out from and then returning to New Delhi, Stephen Alter crossed the border into Pakistan, retraced the legendary route of the Frontier Mail toward the Khyber Pass, and made his return by bus along the Grand Trunk Road, stopping in major cities along the way. The hatreds created by what was one of the largest mass migrations in history only exacerbated the religious tensions that originally led to Partition. Arbitrary borders that have profoundly affected the recent history of the subcontinent
Stephen Alter is Writer-in-Residence in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An accomplished writer in both fiction and nonfiction, he is the author of four novels and the memoir All the Way to Heaven: An American Boyhood in the Himalayas.