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Number of Pages
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Age Group
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Language
Hindi
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Its The Winter Of 1946. A Truck Leaves The Village Of Campbellpur After News Of The Impending Partition Pours In. It Is Carrying People Who Dont Know Where They Will Go. They Have Just Heard Words Like Border And Refugee, And Are Struggling To Understand How Drawing A Line Might Carve Out Pakistan From Hindustan. As They Reach The Border, The Caravan Disperses And People Go Their Own Ways. Gulzars First Novel Tracks The Lives Of The People In That Truck Right From 1946 Up To The Kargil War. A Novel On What The Partition Entailed For Ordinary People, Do Log Is Also A Meditation On The Fact That The Division Of India And The Carnage That Followed, Once Set Into Motion, Kept Happening Inexorably And Ceaselessly, And People Like Those Who Left Their Homes On That Truck Never Found Another Home; They Kept Looking For A Place Called Home, A Place To Belong To.
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Author
Gulzar
Publisher
Harper Collins
Number of Pages
192
Language
Hindi
SKU
BK0512190
ISBN
9789362138187
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
19.8 x 12.9 x 1.1 cm
Binding
Paperback
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Gulzar, One Of India'S Great Towering Poets, Is Also An Acclaimed Screenwriter, Film Director And Lyricist. Gulzar Is One Of India'S Most Respected Scriptwriters And Directors And Has Been One Of The Most Popular Lyricists In Mainstream Hindi Cinema For Over Five Decades. One Of Contry'S Leading Poets, He Has Published A Number Of Poetry Anthologies And Collections Of Short Stories. He Is Also Regarded As One Of India'S Finest Writers For Children. A Member Of Indian Foreign Service, Pavan K. Varma Has Served In Moscow, In New York At The Indian Mission To The United Nations, In London, Where He Was Director Of The Nehru Centre And As India'S High Commissioner In Cyprus. Pavan K. Varma'S Books Include Ghalib: The Man, The Times, The Great Indian Middle Class, Being Indian And Becoming Indian, All Published By Penguin. He Has Also Translated Kaifi Azmi'S Selected Poems And Atal Bihari Vajpayee'S Poetry (21 Poems) Into English For Penguin. Gulzar Was Born As Sampooran Singh Kalra, And He Is A Indian Film Director, Lyricist, And Poet. Often Called Poet At Heart, Gulzar Began His Professional Life In The Movie Called Bandini In 1963 As A Lyricist. He Has Worked With Some Of The Biggest Names In The Indian Film Industry Like A R Rahman, R D Burman, And Vishal Bhardwaj. He Has Also Television Seriesโ And Movies Like Mausam And Aandhi. Gulzar Also Won The Dadasaheb Phalke Award , Which Is Considered To Be The Greatest Award In The World Of Indian Cinema. This Is Just One Of The Many Awards He Has Won, And He Has Also Won A Grammy And Academy Award. Pavan Varma Has Translated This Book.