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The current political dispensation is perhaps aware of the influence and reach of the literature written in Indian languages, because cultural and political phrases and imagery are best reflected in Indian languages. They have brought a new idiom to Hindi language and literature. While English literature has been popular among the elite, with their left-liberal slant since Independence, in the last few decades, Dalit and womenвЂ™s voices in Hindi literature have been vocal and critical of the powers that be. It underscores the urgent need to revisit the novels and short stories in Hindi and Urdu that have dealt with the themes of Partition and communalism, to get a sense of the past and present. We may be celebrating the 75th year of Independence (Amrit Mahotsav), but we wonвЂ™t discuss literature which has shone a light on the sufferings of the common man and woman, whose lives were forever torn apart by the rupture of Partition. While Tomb of Sand/Ret Samadhi remains a love story, the issue of Partition makes it political.

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Women are stories in themselves, full of stirrings and whisperings that float on the wind, that bend with each blade of grass.вЂќ Once youвЂ™ve got women and a border, a story can write itself. вЂњThis particular tale has a border and women who come and go as they please. She crosses the border and goes to Pakistan in search of her lover Anwar. Ret Samadhi вЂ™s protagonist Chandra Prabha Devi epitomises this rebellious nature. Shree is known for her rebellious streak when it comes to craft and language. In fact, this book is deservedly dedicated to Krishna Sobti, the famous Hindi author of Zindginama and chronicler of Partition. We find Krishna Sobti, Intezar Hussain and Rahi Masoom Raza.

In Tomb of Sand/Ret Samadhi we find Mohan RakeshвЂ™s story Malbe ka Malik, MantoвЂ™s Toba Tek Singh. The tradition of Hindu-Urdu progressive writers that Shree comes from, with its many masters of Hindu-Urdu fiction, is still not fully recognised in the universe of the English-speaking media due to the lack of a critical mass of translation.ДЄlso read: Review of International Booker Prize Winner Tomb of Sand An edifice crumbles вЂ“ the disputed structure. Yet another conception of self-rule, swaraj, the true nationalist. The ascendancy of Hindu political parties. And these young people want to make sense of what is happening around them.ДЄ few years ago, Shree wrote an essay in which she voiced the anxieties of being a writer in troubled times:

The novel revolves around two university professors Sharad and Hanif. One of my classmates even wrote a dissertation on Hamara Shahar Us Baras, with its looming background of the Babri Masjid demolition, the ensuing riots and the spike in communalism. Twenty years ago, when I was a student of Hindi literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University, her novels Mai and Hamara Shahar Us Baras were favourites among students and critics alike. In fact, the release of every new novel by Shree has always been a noteworthy event in the world of contemporary Hindi literature. Issues of partition, patriarchy and communalism that are so delicately yet sharply dealt with in her novels, bring her work closer to our times. Shree, whose work on Premchand is well known, comes from a tradition of Hindi-Urdu progressive writers who have enriched the literary discourse for the last hundred years. The reason for this studied lack of response from the political dispensation is not hard to find. Becomes first Indian language book to win the coveted prize. International Booker for вЂTomb of Sand вЂ“ а¤°аҐ‡а¤¤ а¤ёа¤®а¤ѕа¤§а¤ївЂ™ by author Geetanjali Shree has created history & put Hindi language on the global literary centre stage. The first muted tweet, by Union minister Hardeep Puri, surfaced about a couple of hours before the time of publishing, more than 24 hours after the announcement. More so, as Hindi is dear to the current political establishment, or so we have been made to think! That has not happened. One would have imagined tweet after celebratory tweet from the present-day Indian government, in keeping with its policy of lauding every single achievement by an Indian, however big, or small. Understandable, because ShreeвЂ™s Ret Samadhi is the first Hindi novel вЂ“ the first novel from any Indian language вЂ“ to get this award. The celebrations that brought alive the Hindi public sphere following the announcement that Geetanjali ShreeвЂ™s Tomb of Sand, translated from Hindi to English by Daisy Rockwell, had won the International Booker Prize, have not stopped.

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