Jallianwala Bagh : Literary Responses in Prose & Poetry by: Rakhshanda Jalil

This book is a selection of prose and poetry on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 1919. Rakhshanda Jalil attempts to open a window into the world of possibilities that literature offers to reflect, interpret and analyse events of momentous historical import. The selection offers ways of ‘seeing’ history, of exploring an incident that stirred the conscience of millions. The stalwarts and acknowledged doyens of Indian literature featured in this volume include Saadat Hasan Manto, Mulk Raj Anand, Krishna Chander, Abdullah Hussein, Bhisham Sahni, Ghulam Abbas, Subadhra Kumari Chauhan, Sarojini Naidu, Sohan Singh Misha, Muhammad Iqbal, Josh Malihabadi, Nanak Singh, to name a few. The collection opens a new window to perceive this horrible event.

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