14th August: Chhata Darya (The Sixth River) by Fikr Taunsvi (1948)

Today is 14th August. On this day, in 1947, Pakistan, came into being, cleaved out of India. And today to observe what the Indian government has now declared as Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas (Partition Horrors Remembrance Day), I finished reading Fikr Taunsvi's Chhata Darya, translated into English as The Sixth River: A Journal from the … Continue reading 14th August: Chhata Darya (The Sixth River) by Fikr Taunsvi (1948)