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Cracking India

A Novel

By Bapsi Sidhwa

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| Paperback | 9781571310484

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The 1947 Partition of India is the backdrop for this powerful novel, narrated by a precocious child who describes the brutal transition with chilling veracity. Young Lenny Sethi is kept out of school because she suffers from polio. She spends her days with Ayah, her beautiful nanny, visiting with thContinue

The 1947 Partition of India is the backdrop for this powerful novel, narrated by a precocious child who describes the brutal transition with chilling veracity. Young Lenny Sethi is kept out of school because she suffers from polio. She spends her days with Ayah, her beautiful nanny, visiting with the large group of admirers that Ayah draws. It is in the company of these working class characters that Lenny learns about religious differences, religious intolerance, and the blossoming genocidal strife on the eve of Partition. As she matures, Lenny begins to identify the differences between the Hindus, Moslems, and Sikhs engaging in political arguments all around her. Lenny enjoys a happy, privileged life in Lahore, but the kidnapping of her beloved Ayah signals a dramatic change. Soon Lenny's world erupts in religious, ethnic, and racial violence. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, the domestic drama serves as a microcosm for a profound political upheaval.

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  • Cracking India: A Novel

    Cracking India: A Novel Bapsi Sidhwa Milkweed Editions Paperback 296 pages January 2006 Cracking India is a keen perspective on individual and popular experiences during the partition of India in 1947. The story is written from the point of view of a ... (read full critics)

    curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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  • *** This comment contains spoilers! ***

    I recently saw a movie "Earth: 1947". I found there that the movie was an adoptation of a book by Bapsi Sidhwa with the name of "Cracking India". I was so impressed by the movie that I want to read the book too.

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