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100 _aPritam, Amrita
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245 _aPinjar
260 _bPenguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd.
_aHaryana
_c2021
300 _a157 p.
365 _aINR
_b175.00
520 _aPinjar means skeleton. A skeleton with neither a face, nor mind, nor a will, nor identity. Pinjar is set in the era of Indias independence from British rule, specifically, the time when the country was partitioned to form the nation of Pakistan. The suffering, hardships, sacrifices and miseries of the women during this time are described in Pinjar, as are the crimes and regrets of the men; the Hindus and the Muslims; the venom from the Partition. Human rights in the face of religious divisions, with the aid of which, the heroine embraces the present and forgives peoples wrongdoings; she rises again to explore the infinite possibilities that the future holds.
650 _aPanjabi fiction
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650 _aMan-woman relationships
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