The Train Has Reached Amritsar (
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
original: ''Amritsar Aa Gaya Hai'') is a short story by
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
author and playwright,
Bhisham Sahni
Bhisham Sahni (8 August 1915 – 11 July 2003) was an Indian writer, playwright in Hindi and an actor, most famous for his novel ''Tamas'' ("Darkness"/'Ignorance") and the television screenplay adaptation of the same name, a powerful and passio ...
,
set during the
Partition of India
The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Dominion of India, Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Paki ...
.
In the story a group of refugees are travelling from what has now become Pakistan towards
Amritsar
Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-List of cities in Punjab, India by population, largest city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportatio ...
, the first border town in India, and the horrors and destruction they witness on the journey. Sahni also wrote his epic novel ''
Tamas'' (Darkness, 1974) around partition, which was later adapted to a television film, by
Govind Nihalani
Govind Nihalani (born 19 December 1940) is an Indian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and producer, known for his works in Hindi cinema, particularly the movement of parallel cinema. He has been the recipient of six National Film Aw ...
.
An English translation by Alok Bhalla, was also part of the anthology, ''Stories of Partition of India'' (1994).
Adaptations
It was adapted into a Hindi stage play by theatre director, Vinod Kumar in 2011.
Translation
* ''We Have Arrived in Amritsar and Other Stories'', Tr. by Ashok Bhalla. Stosius Inc/Advent Books Division. .
See also
*
Artistic depictions of the partition of India
The Partition of India and the associated bloody riots inspired many creative minds in the republics of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh to create literary/cinematic depictions of this event. While some creations depicted the massacres during t ...
References
External links
The Train Has Reached Amritsar, Excerpts
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Indian short stories
Short stories about the partition of India
Hindi-language literature
Transport in Amritsar
Short stories set in British India
Short stories set in Pakistan
Punjab Province in fiction