Comments on: “The fact is, both sides killed.” http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/ "That was the beginning of the century; this is its end. I have been thinking not only of the people who lived there once, but also of the generations of dogs accompanying them in their everyday bustle, and one night— I don't know where it came from— in a predawn sleep, that funny and tender phrase composed itself: a road-side dog." - Czeslaw Milosz, Borderlines. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:39:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: gero figueroa http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/#comment-1556 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:18:56 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/#comment-1556 that kind of tragedy... like 25 years ago happened in chile, my country, thousands of people had to migrate, houndreds were killed, and now and yet,after many years there has only been silence about the tragedy, i think that people must be punished, ´cause all taht violence still hurt in their harts, and their familys..... my english´s not so good but i think u can understand what i´m saying. that kind of tragedy… like 25 years ago happened in chile, my country, thousands of people had to migrate, houndreds were killed, and now and yet,after many years there has only been silence about the tragedy, i think that people must be punished, ´cause all taht violence still hurt in their harts, and their familys…..

my english´s not so good but i think u can understand what i´m saying.

]]> by: flerrdi http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/#comment-498 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:16:50 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/#comment-498 What about Tamas? And the novel is great - what was shoummo reading? What about Tamas? And the novel is great - what was shoummo reading?

]]> by: shoummo from kolkata http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/#comment-473 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:43:33 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/#comment-473 I have not undergone the process of migration post partitition but living in kolkata, everyday i come across persons who have experienced its ravages and have not been able to come to terms with it, both emotionally and economically. Coming to the novel, how good is it? What do the readers of this blog feel about it. I read it in high school and was not captivated by it except for a vivivd description of the change of seasons over the plains of the Punjab. It seemed quite a filmy story set in and around august 1947. I have not undergone the process of migration post partitition but living in kolkata, everyday i come across persons who have experienced its ravages and have not been able to come to terms with it, both emotionally and economically.

Coming to the novel, how good is it? What do the readers of this blog feel about it. I read it in high school and was not captivated by it except for a vivivd description of the change of seasons over the plains of the Punjab. It seemed quite a filmy story set in and around august 1947.

]]> by: MumbaiGirl http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/#comment-472 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:41:03 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/#comment-472 I can't bear it sometimes. I think my father, my family went through partition, and I want to suppress the tremendous feelings of sadness that come with thinking about it. I can’t bear it sometimes. I think my father, my family went through partition, and I want to suppress the tremendous feelings of sadness that come with thinking about it.

]]> by: Amitava Kumar http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/#comment-470 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:31:57 +0100 http://indianwriting.blogsome.com/2006/09/21/the-fact-is-both-sides-killed/#comment-470 I liked the connection the NYT piece makes between the pictures Bourke-White took at the Nazi camps and then during the Partition. It makes the line offered by the Roli Books publisher about there being no monument to the Partition all the more pointed and troubling. I liked the connection the NYT piece makes between the pictures Bourke-White took at the Nazi camps and then during the Partition. It makes the line offered by the Roli Books publisher about there being no monument to the Partition all the more pointed and troubling.

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