Abducted Not And Other Stories Of Partition Holocaust

These are not mere stories. They are echoes and re-echoes smeared with human blood... still left smouldering in K S Duggal's haunting memories of the Partition. It was not just a political or geographical partition, it divided siblings from siblings, tore off children from parents, separated friends from friends-it was forced partition of human hearts. This collection of stories, wrapped in poignant veil of agony is sure to wrench hearts, squeeze tears, kindle compassion and make for the milk of human kindness.
About Author :
Endowed with Waris Award as Punjabi Writer of the Millennium K S Duggal has panned more than 500 short stories and several novels. A winner of Padma Bhusan Award, he is a renowned name in Punjabi and Indian English literature. His short story "Come Back My Master" figures in the Greatest Short Stories published in Germany. A refugee from West Punjab, he had been disrupted twice-once from Rawalpindi, his hometown and then from Lahore, his work-town. Haunting memories of Partition occur and re-occur in his stories often enough. This collection, Abducted Not and Other Stories of Partition Holocaust unfolds the brutal onslaught, poignant betrayals and beastly barbarities that the Partition inflicted. They are makred with stark candidness and naive simplicity-gripping readers, provoking horror and shocking them out of their wits.
Contents :
Preface Abducted Not Pakistan Is Not Yet Born Kulsum Pakistan Zindabad The Abducted A New Home Clay of the Muslim The Masters Another Funeral Those Damned Fate-lines on the Hand Shaheen A Question of life and Death A Beam of Moonlight Half-Shut Door Prices Remain the Same Lali The Moon of Truth The Black Brave Lipstick Red The Jalgaon Bride Peshawar Express How Many Pakistans? The Broken Shoes Proprietor of the Debris Where is My Mother? Glossary