Open AccessRe-Presenting the Past in the Hindi Novel: The Darkness in Bhīṣma Sāhnī’s Tamas
Author(s) -
Richard Delacy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cracow indological studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.103
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2449-8696
pISSN - 1732-0917
DOI - 10.12797/cis.23.2021.02.02
Subject(s) - hindi , darkness , literature , history , partition (number theory) , art , philosophy , astronomy , physics , linguistics , mathematics , combinatorics
While the modern literary novel in Hindi has traditionally grappled with contemporary issues impacting society in north India, Bhīṣma Sāhnī’s famous novel Tamas (“Darkness”) may be considered a unique endavour to revisit the horrific events that marked the transfer of power and partition of British India in 1947. This article represents a preliminary attempt to consider the emergence of a work of literary fiction in Hindi approximately 25 years after the events on which it is based.