Author: Ahmad Salim
Publisher: India Research Press
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 277
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187943165
Description
The 1947 partition remains the defining moment in the modern history of the Indian subcontinent.
The emotional intensity of the partition process has resulted in a vast cultural outpouring on both sides of the Wagah border.
Contents
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
The Sixth River-A Diary of 1947
Pakistan Is Born
Another Dollar City
The Wagah Canal
CHAPTER 2
Lahore 1947
Lahore Goes Up in Flames
CHAPTER 3
Lahore, Partition, and Independence
Through Smoking Towns
An Unforgettable August
I Still Remember Lahore Burning
CHAPTER 4
Oranges and Apples
Nineteen Forty Seven
Either, Neither or Both
What we lost to Taste Freedom
The Bloodshed Could Have Been Avoided
CHAPTER 5
The Partition, 1947
In Lahore...
Memories of Partition
Contributors
Acknowledgement
Sources
Reference