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'''The Train Has Reached Amritsar''' ([[Hindi]] original: ''Amritsar Aa Gaya Hai'') is a short story by [[Hindi]] author and playwright, [[Bhisham Sahni]]<ref name=French>{{cite book|last=French|first=Patrick|title=Liberty or death: India's journey to independence and division|year=1997|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-0-00-655045-7|edition=illustrated|page=[https://archive.org/details/libertyordeath00fren/page/351 351]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/libertyordeath00fren/page/351}}</ref> set during the [[Partition of India]].<ref name=Kamra>{{cite book|last=Kamra|first=Sukeshi|title=Bearing witness: partition, independence, end of the Raj|year=2002|publisher=University of Calgary Press|isbn=978-1-55238-041-3|page=183}}</ref> In the story a group of refugees are travelling from what has now become Pakistan towards [[Amritsar]], the first border town in India, and the horrors and destruction they witness on the journey.<ref>{{cite book |title=Literary polyrhythms: new voices in new writings in English|author=S. Robert Gnanamony|publisher=Sarup & Sons|year=2005|isbn=81-7625-595-5 |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f45aKfnTCJIC&q=The+Train+Has+Reached+Amritsar&pg=PA64 | '''The Train Has Reached Amritsar''' ([[Hindi]] original: ''Amritsar Aa Gaya Hai'') is a short story by [[Hindi]] author and playwright, [[Bhisham Sahni]],<ref name=French>{{cite book|last=French|first=Patrick|title=Liberty or death: India's journey to independence and division|year=1997|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-0-00-655045-7|edition=illustrated|page=[https://archive.org/details/libertyordeath00fren/page/351 351]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/libertyordeath00fren/page/351}}</ref> set during the [[Partition of India]].<ref name=Kamra>{{cite book|last=Kamra|first=Sukeshi|title=Bearing witness: partition, independence, end of the Raj|year=2002|publisher=University of Calgary Press|isbn=978-1-55238-041-3|page=183}}</ref> In the story a group of refugees are travelling from what has now become Pakistan towards [[Amritsar]], the first border town in India, and the horrors and destruction they witness on the journey.<ref>{{cite book |title=Literary polyrhythms: new voices in new writings in English|author=S. Robert Gnanamony|publisher=Sarup & Sons|year=2005|isbn=81-7625-595-5 |page=64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f45aKfnTCJIC&q=The+Train+Has+Reached+Amritsar&pg=PA64 }}</ref> Sahni also wrote his epic novel ''[[Artistic depictions of the partition of India#Tamas|Tamas]]'' (Darkness, 1974) around partition, which was later adapted to a television film, by [[Govind Nihalani]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: A life of commitment: Bhisham Sahni, 1915 - 2003.|url=http://www.flonnet.com/fl2015/stories/20030801003612900.htm |publisher=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |volume=20 |issue= 15 |date=19 July 2003 }}</ref> | ||
An English translation by | An English translation by Alok Bhalla, was also part of the anthology, ''Stories of Partition of India'' (1994).<ref>{{cite book |title=Literature & nation: Britain and India, 1800-1990|author=Harish Trivedi |author2=Richard Allen |publisher=Routledge |year=2000|isbn=0-415-21207-3 |page=336 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9ufrUyISBsC&q=The+Train+Has+Reached+Amritsar&pg=PA336 }}</ref> | ||
==Adaptations== | ==Adaptations== | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:37, 28 April 2025
Template:Infobox short story The Train Has Reached Amritsar (Hindi original: Amritsar Aa Gaya Hai) is a short story by Hindi author and playwright, Bhisham Sahni,[1] set during the Partition of India.[2] In the story a group of refugees are travelling from what has now become Pakistan towards Amritsar, the first border town in India, and the horrors and destruction they witness on the journey.[3] Sahni also wrote his epic novel Tamas (Darkness, 1974) around partition, which was later adapted to a television film, by Govind Nihalani.[4]
An English translation by Alok Bhalla, was also part of the anthology, Stories of Partition of India (1994).[5]
Adaptations[edit | edit source]
It was adapted into a Hindi stage play by theatre director, Vinod Kumar in 2011.[6]
Translation[edit | edit source]
- We Have Arrived in Amritsar and Other Stories, Tr. by Ashok Bhalla. Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division. ISBN 0-86131-998-2.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ French, Patrick (1997). Liberty or death: India's journey to independence and division (illustrated ed.). Harper Collins. p. 351. ISBN 978-0-00-655045-7.
- ↑ Kamra, Sukeshi (2002). Bearing witness: partition, independence, end of the Raj. University of Calgary Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-55238-041-3.
- ↑ S. Robert Gnanamony (2005). Literary polyrhythms: new voices in new writings in English. Sarup & Sons. p. 64. ISBN 81-7625-595-5.
- ↑ "Obituary: A life of commitment: Bhisham Sahni, 1915 - 2003". Vol. 20, no. 15. Frontline. 19 July 2003.
- ↑ Harish Trivedi; Richard Allen (2000). Literature & nation: Britain and India, 1800-1990. Routledge. p. 336. ISBN 0-415-21207-3.
- ↑ "Theatre lovers look forward to one-act fest". The Times of India. 21 April 2011.
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