"This book will be vital reading for scholars and students of colonialism, decolonization, partition and borderlands studies, while providing anyone interested in South Asia's independence with a highly readable account of one of its most controversial episodes."--Jacket.
The first book to examine the proposition that Irish public servants in India were moved by their 'Irishness' to subvert or eccentrically implement policies of the Raj. Essential reading for those wishing to understand the three-way interaction between the Irish, the empire and …
"Punjab, 'the pride of British India, ' attracted the cream of the Indian Civil Service, many of the most influential of whom were Irish. Some of these men, along with Irish viceroys, were inspired by their Irish backgrounds to ensure security of tenure for the Punjabi peasant, …
It is a place, [the author] tell[s] us at the beginning of this classic novel, where Sikhs and Muslims have lived together in peace for hundreds of years. Then one day, at the end of the summer, the "ghost train" arrives, a silent, incredible funeral train loaded with the bodies…
When Pakistan is partitioned from India, the Hindus and Muslims of a Punjabi village are plunged into conflict.
A novel about the suffering of millions during the partition of India.
A novel about the suffering of millions during the partition of India.
