About the Book: Jallianwala Bagh: Literary Responses In Prose and Poetry
-Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the butchering of unarmed innocents, is a historic
event that haunts the human mind even after the lapse of a century. 1650 rounds
fired in a matter of ten minutes, the blocking of exits, preventing help
reaching the injured are all acts of unmitigated bestiality. Through a selection
of prose and poetry The direct outcome of this horrific event and an
introduction that traces the history of events leading to the massacre
Rakhshanda Jalil, a literary historian and translator from Urdu and Hindi,
attempts to open a window into the world of possibilities