Pigeons Of The Domes: Stories On Communalism (HB)

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ISBN 9789385285097|Hardback|284 pages|2015|Niyogi Books

Pigeons Of The Domes: Stories On Communalism, edited by Rakhshanda Jalil, is a collection which examines communalism and secularism in India's recent past.

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ISBN 9789385285097|Hardback|284 pages|2015|Niyogi Books

Pigeons Of The Domes: Stories On Communalism, edited by Rakhshanda Jalil, is a collection which examines communalism and secularism in India's recent past.

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While much work has been done on exploring the communal tensions of the Independence era and the lode of ‘partition stories’ has been sufficiently mined, the more recent past has not been examined in any systematic way. In this collection of nineteen stories, edited and introduced by the well-known writer and translator Rakhshanda Jalil, we get a glimpse of the different hues and shades of communalism as well as different ways of accepting and interpreting this grim reality of recent times. A detailed Introduction contextualises the stories and the concerns raised therein and attempts to clarify what communalism means in India. Significantly, this collection does not restrict itself to stories that deal with Hindu-Muslim tensions; it includes stories about the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley, marginalisation of Hindus in Punjab and the persecution of Sikhs in the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. A collection such as this is timely and important. Sixty years after the communal violence of the Partition, once again the fabric of secular India is being challenged and contested; these stories present us with cameos of conflict and fear and also offer us vignettes of hope and resolution.

Authors:

Various
Editor: Rakhshanda Jalil

ISBN:

9789385285097

Binding:

Hardback

Pages:

284

Year of Publication:

2015

Publisher:

Niyogi Books

Edition:

First

Condition:

New

Country of Origin:

India

About the Editor

The editor writes on issues of literature, culture and heritage. She has published over 15 books, which includes two edited collections of short stories, Urdu Stories and a selection by Pakistani women called Neither Night Nor Day; two co-authored books with Mushirul Hasan, Partners in Freedom: Jamia Millia Islamia (Niyogi Books, 2006). She was co-editor of Third Frame, a journal devoted to literature, culture and society brought out by the Cambridge University Press. She has published six works of translations; the latest being Naked Voices & Other Stories by Saadat Hasan Manto; Panchlight and Other Stories by Hindi writer Phanishwarnath Renu. She runs an organization called Hindustani Awaz, devoted to the popularization of Hindi-Urdu literature and culture.

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