A Twist in Destiny

Author: Sujata S SabnisPublisher: Roli BooksYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 335ISBN/UPC (if available): 8174362045 DescriptionHasn't nearly every person in the subcontinent tried to imagine a world without Partition - no Pakistan, no Indo-Pak wars, no Kargil, and no Kashmir stalemate. This novel sweeps across the threshold of that question.Unfurling a scenario, where India at the crossroads of Partition, rejects the division of the country, it moves forward in time to the fifty first year of independence. The mood is sinister with fanatics demanding partition and Pakistan, The horrors of Partition and the birth of Pakistan - the two biggest traumas inflicted on the psyche of the Indian subcontinent. Hasn't every Indian - and may be every Pakistani and Bangladeshi - wondered at some point of time: Was Partition really necessary? Hasn't nearly every person in the subcontinent tried to imagine a world without Partition - no Pakistan, no Indo-Pak wars, no Kargil, and no Kashmir stalem