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Bapsi Sidhwa


Born
in Karachi, Sind Province, British India
August 11, 1938

Died
December 25, 2024

Genre
Fiction


Bapsi Sidhwa was a Pakistani novelist who wrote in English and was resident in the United States.
She was best known for her collaborative work with Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta: Sidhwa wrote both the 1991 novel Ice Candy Man which served as the basis for Mehta's 1998 film Earth as well as the 2006 novel Water: A Novel, on which Mehta's 2005 film Water is based. A documentary about Sidhwa's life called "Bapsi: Silences of My Life" was released on the official YouTube channel of " The Citizens Archive of Pakistan" on 28 October 2022 with the title " First Generation -Stories of partition: Bapsi Sidhwa".
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Average rating: 3.77 · 11,924 ratings · 1,010 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors
Cracking India
3.85 avg rating — 5,981 ratings — published 1988 — 38 editions
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The Crow Eaters
3.77 avg rating — 1,747 ratings — published 1980 — 19 editions
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Water
3.99 avg rating — 1,376 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions
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The Pakistani Bride
3.51 avg rating — 1,433 ratings — published 1983 — 23 editions
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An American Brat
3.29 avg rating — 990 ratings — published 1993 — 15 editions
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City of Sin and Splendour: ...
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Their Language of Love
3.47 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions
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ice-candy man
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The Bapsi Sidhwa omnibus
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Earth: A Screenplay
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“Ghar ki murg; dal barabar.”
― Bapsi Sidhwa, Cracking India: A Novel
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“When little girls ask too many questions their tongues drop off!”
― Bapsi Sidhwa, Cracking India: A Novel
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“They gleam, reflecting rainbow hues—insinuating questions ... What is eternity? Why are the stars? Where do cats lay their eggs? And why don’t hospitals have flushing bedpans built into the beds?”
― Bapsi Sidhwa, Cracking India: A Novel
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