Gathering the Ashes [Jul 01, 2014] Nagar, Amritlal - Softcover

Amritlal Nagar

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9789351362890: Gathering the Ashes [Jul 01, 2014] Nagar, Amritlal

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ISBN 10: 9351362892 ISBN 13: 9789351362890

Publisher: HarperCollins India, 2014

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Most discussions on the sepoy mutiny of 1857 have centered largely on the role played in it by the mughal emperor, the nawab of awadh and other sundry members of mostly urban nobility. What remained missing was ground-zero reportage of how ordinary people across the countryside experienced the rebellion, and described it to coming generations. In 1957, eminent hindi writer amritlal nagar set out to correct this, as he travelled across villages and towns scattered across india’s heartland and painstakingly gathered reminiscences and popular ballads about the revolt, its celebrated and unsung heroes, its survivors and martyrs, and where and how various battles were fought. Ageing courtesans, bedridden octogenarians, nameless singers poured their heart out to him in awadhi, and the slim volume he finally put together, ghadar ke phool, made it clear even to the lay-reader that nothing can stop the spread of a revolution whose time has come. Translated from hindi for the first time, gathe

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Amritlal Nagar (1916-90) was one of the most prominent Hindi writers of the twentieth century. Mrinal Pande is a journalist, writer, and translator. She has written fiction, plays, and columns in both Hindi and English.

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So this is what history looks like, alive and electric, written by a participant while it is unfolding. Pande s translation is thrilling. (Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others) --Neel Mukherjee, author of The Lives of Others)

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