Fikr Taunsvi > Quotes

“Jawaharlal and Jinnah had announced the founding of two new kinds of democracies. Democracy, which is the last stage of human progress.”
― Fikr Taunsvi, The Sixth River: A Journal from the Partition of India

“Arif, will we, a handful of writers, succeed in making amends for such a vast trauma?”
― Fikr Taunsvi, The Sixth River: A Journal from the Partition of India

“Mumtaz bought another flag for an anna on the way back. It was necessary to safeguard life.”
― Fikr Taunsvi, The Sixth River: A Journal from the Partition of India

“The mind refuses to accept that at a distance of 20 miles begins a foreign nation, another alien culture. Can't there be a greater spell cast that will blow up this border to smithereens?”
― Fikr Taunsvi, The Sixth River: A Journal from the Partition of India

“An old woman was shrieking with loud howls: "I don't want to go! I don't want to go to your India! Bring me my little one! My babe! I give a damn for your freedom, for your India, without him. I don't want a free country! I want my baby!”
― Fikr Taunsvi, The Sixth River: A Journal from the Partition of India

“Radcliffe announced his award. Bengal's culture, arts, dance and music were divided. Punjab's ploughs, farming, songs and romance have been carved up.”
― Fikr Taunsvi

“Hatred has assumed the shape of truth.”
― Fikr Taunsvi, The Sixth River: A Journal from the Partition of India