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TWO
It's the winter of 1946. A truck leaves the village of Campbellpur after news of the impending Partition pours in. It is carrying people who don't know where they will go. They have just heard words like 'border' and 'refugee', and are struggling to understand how drawing a line might carve out Pakistan from Hindustan. As they reach the border, the caravan disperses and people go their own ways. Gulzar's first novel tracks the lives of the people in that truck right from 1946 up to the Kargil war. A novel on what the Partition entailed for ordinary people, Two is also a meditation on the fact that the division of India and the carnage that followed, once set into motion, kept happening inexorably and ceaselessly, and people like those who left their homes on that truck never found another home; they kept looking for a place called home, a place to belong to.
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200 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2017
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September 22, 2022
It’s Gulzar, that’s reason/review enough.
December 16, 2024
Read in search of roots.
November 25, 2024
Gulzar's first novel tracks the lives of the people in that truck right from 1946 up to the Kargil war. A novel on what the Partition entailed for ordinary people, Two is also a meditation on the fact that the division of India and the carnage that followed, once set into motion, kept happening inexorably and ceaselessly, and people like those who left their homes on that truck never found another home; they kept looking for a place called home, a place to belong to, From India, Pakistan and England, when ever a Pakistani meet Indian they always have a heartly laugh if they have parents who lost there home in partition of 1947 and they have still ties to land they came from.
It's the winter of 1946. A truck leaves the village of Campbellpur (attick ) after news of the impending Partition pours in. It is carrying people who don't know where they will go. They have just heard words like 'border' and 'refugee', and are struggling to understand how drawing a line might carve out Pakistan from Hindustan. As they reach the border, the caravan disperses and people go their own ways.
Interconnected, multiple plot story that make a beautiful novel every character has faced the torture at the hand of destiny, women been through pain of Raped and murder and took revenge on innocent. Men who lost there home feel to visit again, elderly who lost someone wants to know what happened, will they ever go back to place they were born before they die and aftermath of and those who doesn't moved on because they have the responsibility of family and they faced the aftermath of 1984
It's the winter of 1946. A truck leaves the village of Campbellpur (attick ) after news of the impending Partition pours in. It is carrying people who don't know where they will go. They have just heard words like 'border' and 'refugee', and are struggling to understand how drawing a line might carve out Pakistan from Hindustan. As they reach the border, the caravan disperses and people go their own ways.
Interconnected, multiple plot story that make a beautiful novel every character has faced the torture at the hand of destiny, women been through pain of Raped and murder and took revenge on innocent. Men who lost there home feel to visit again, elderly who lost someone wants to know what happened, will they ever go back to place they were born before they die and aftermath of and those who doesn't moved on because they have the responsibility of family and they faced the aftermath of 1984
May 17, 2026
Two by Gulzar
1947, is the year every Indian remembers. Cause, that's when India got independent from British rule. Also it is the same year India became TWO.
While the whole nation was celebrating its independence, there were few people who were struggling to survive each passing day in horror. They didn't deserve any of that but still, they had to go through a lot. Risking lives, losing loved ones, denial of identity, bound to nowhere.... It's like their whole existence was amiss. And... no one cared enough!
Gulzar sahab made sure that he tell us all, the untold stories of a few people from the past. The stories might be fictious here and there, but the essence of it is real and felt. Although, I expected few shayaris from the man himself, I had to learn to be content with the story itself.
It is a small read and the beauty in hardcover is undeniable. Grab it now.
1947, is the year every Indian remembers. Cause, that's when India got independent from British rule. Also it is the same year India became TWO.
While the whole nation was celebrating its independence, there were few people who were struggling to survive each passing day in horror. They didn't deserve any of that but still, they had to go through a lot. Risking lives, losing loved ones, denial of identity, bound to nowhere.... It's like their whole existence was amiss. And... no one cared enough!
Gulzar sahab made sure that he tell us all, the untold stories of a few people from the past. The stories might be fictious here and there, but the essence of it is real and felt. Although, I expected few shayaris from the man himself, I had to learn to be content with the story itself.
It is a small read and the beauty in hardcover is undeniable. Grab it now.
March 8, 2024
Two is the story set in the time of partition, where lives were altered. Hindus, Muslims, and many more lives were shattered. This is the story of people who come from different backgrounds but are together for love and friendship.
What is it like for them to lose their lives? What is it like for them to leave everything they built behind? It's only heartbreaking to see what people have been through. One can only imagine the pain of leaving everything.
These people and their families have built their homes with utmost love and care, not knowing what the future holds for them. Well, we did get separate nations, but at the cost of many innocent lives.
Read more about the book here:
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What is it like for them to lose their lives? What is it like for them to leave everything they built behind? It's only heartbreaking to see what people have been through. One can only imagine the pain of leaving everything.
These people and their families have built their homes with utmost love and care, not knowing what the future holds for them. Well, we did get separate nations, but at the cost of many innocent lives.
Read more about the book here:
https://theindianbookclub.com/readers...
June 25, 2024
Simply heartrending!
October 27, 2024
Soulful!!
November 12, 2024
Wow. Gulzar definitely deserves all the praise.
January 5, 2025
It is great book that narrates and follows lives of group of people displaced during partition of India ..
December 21, 2024
A lifelong fan of Gulzar's work, I enjoyed his first Novella with scattered tales woven around India partition. It left me yearning to read its original Urdu version, a language I can't read in. I can only imagine how rich it must read.
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