Today's Pasts: A Memoir by Bhisham Sahni, Edition 2015
Rawalpindi in the first few decades of the twentieth century is a prosperous, bustling town, witnessing the first stirrings of the freedom movement. It is in this place and time that a delicate child grows into adolescence, at the heart of an unusual family. Adulthood and the horrific business of Partition drive the young man to Bombay, then Ambala and finally Delhi. As he gathers life experience and hones his talent at writing, his politics are formed. We observe the making of one of the icons of modern Hindi literature: Bhisham Sahni. In addition to being the story of Sahni
- Author:Bhisham Sahni
- Binding Type:Hardbound
- ISBN:9780670086665
- Total Pages:300
- Publishing Year:2015
- Language:English