A Document on Peace and Protest in the Pages Stained With Blood By Indira Goswami
Journal Title: Notions A Journal of English Literature - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
Indira Goswamy popularly known as MamoniRaisomGoswami an icon of Assamese Literature presents the contrasting effects of peace as well as protest in her novel pages stained with blood.It was written in Assamese and later translated by Pradip Acharya in English. Actually Goswamy desired to write a book on Delhi with its pride and pomp. She settled in a small cooped up flat in Sather nagar, Delhi. She came across a few Sikh people who helped her in one way or other. She had learnt various anecdotes about the Moghal and the British rulers. Some were tell- tale stories and some were records of the past. She even visited whores colony to collect sources for her material. Where ever she went she showed courtesy to her fellow human beings and tried to help them in all possible ways. The novel is an out pour of her bitter memories during the anti -Sikh Riots caused by the assassination of Smt. Indira Gandhi when she was the prime minister of India. Neither the politicians nor the administers bothered much about the communal calamities. Negligence of the authorities and heart rendering cry of the suppressed have left a deep scar in her heart. She is unable to accept the cruel reality. She highlights some of the good qualities of the Sikh people such as not accepting money even in their worst condition. Their sincere prayer to forgive the people who caused severe damage to Gurudwara.MadanBhaisahab’s timely help to the injured are some proofs. She also presented an amazing fact that no one has touched the politician’s house during the agitation.As the author feels these pages of Indian History are stained with blood. It is aneternal stain which could not be washed away.
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