Author: Rahi Masoom Raza - Born : 1st September 1927. He was a teacher and later became a film writer. Besides that he extensively wrote both in Hindi and Urdu. He is much appreciated for his screenplay and dialogues in the mega television serial Mahabharat

The novel traces the dilemmas and confusions suffered by the Indian Muslim community in the wake of Indian Independence and the creation of Muslim state of Pakistan.

Not all of Indian Muslims went to Pakistan, in fact the never opted for it but by a stroke of destiny, not only the sub-continent as a macro level entity, but each and every village was virtually divided into two halves. ‘Gangoli’ the ancestral village of the author is one such half the village wherein both the ordinary Hindus and Muslims are trying to come to terms with the upheaval the politics of religious identity is causing. The Muslims all of a sudden, find themselves suspect and outsiders. The confusion and suffering of half the village is brought forth powerfully in the language of people exactly the way it is spoken in the streets, the author’s descriptions being the only occasion for polished literary prose. The interaction of these two registers of the language makes this novel both a delight and challenge to the reader as well as to the translator. The late Rahi Masoom Raza, author of this novel is also the writer of the television adaptation of the great Hindu epic- the Mahabharata.

Related Words:
Dilemmas and Confusions, Indian Muslim Community, Indian Independence, Creation of Muslim State, Pakistan, Macro Level, Hindus and Muslims, Language of People, Great Hindu Epic, Mahabharata

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