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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 |ref= }}</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>
'''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 Ashok 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= }}</ref>
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>


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Latest revision as of 17:37, 28 April 2025

"The Train Has Reached Amritsar"
Short story by Bhisham Sahni
Original titleAmritsar Aa Gaya Hai
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi (original)
GenrePartition of India literature
Publication

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]

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Kamra, Sukeshi (2002). Bearing witness: partition, independence, end of the Raj. University of Calgary Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-1-55238-041-3.
  3. ↑ S. Robert Gnanamony (2005). Literary polyrhythms: new voices in new writings in English. Sarup & Sons. p. 64. ISBN 81-7625-595-5.
  4. ↑ "Obituary: A life of commitment: Bhisham Sahni, 1915 - 2003". Vol. 20, no. 15. Frontline. 19 July 2003.
  5. ↑ Harish Trivedi; Richard Allen (2000). Literature & nation: Britain and India, 1800-1990. Routledge. p. 336. ISBN 0-415-21207-3.
  6. ↑ "Theatre lovers look forward to one-act fest". The Times of India. 21 April 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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