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Original Title:	पिंजर [Pinjar]
ISBN:	8180590178 (ISBN13: 9788180590177)
Edition Language:	Panjabi; Punjabi

Pinjar

Amrita Pritam

Paperback | Pages: 88 pages

Rating: 4.03 | 1228 Users | 89 Reviews

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Title	:	Pinjar
Author	:	Amrita Pritam
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 88 pages
Published	:	by shilalekh books (first published 1950)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. India. Classics

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Amrita Pritam pours her own experiences of living through the partition into Pinjar. The story is told from Puro perspective, and is a unique look into the harrowing situation of women at the time. It brings out the multitude of misfortunes that could strike a girl for no fault of hers. She is objectified as the vessel of family honour, a vessel that that had to be thrown away if it broke. There was no mercy in the ossified social system, no hope for rehabilitation. Amrita’s heroines embody the injustice, the frustration it begets, and occasionally, the strength it forces the victim to find within herself. But they are themselves bound to the old values, and cannot bring themselves to discard the ties that failed them in their times of need. They still ache to be reconciled to them.

The entire book is written in short, staccato bursts of dialogue interspersed by agonized scrambling of the characters to come to terms with their lives. It may be my bias towards my native tongue but I certainly find Hindi to be more effective (in general) than English in bringing out the pathos in a situation. Amrita puts a living soul into each of her character. The self-loathing of Puro and Lajjo, the guilt tinged love of Rashid, the tragic naiveté of the mad woman are all eminently human and form the topsy-turvy emotional tableaux of Pinjar.

The events of the book are of a long lost past, and we live in a different world today. Wait! Do we? As of this writing, Delhi is unsafe for women, people clamouring for justice for a rape victim clash with the police at India Gate, it is still the woman’s fault and shame. Pinjar is still relevant, and to paraphrase the author, every girl saved and given justice is another Puro.

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Ratings: 4.03 From 1228 Users | 89 Reviews

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Pinjar deserved a 5 star rating. A great story. Not sure if That man novella has been lost in translation. The ease of reading pinjar was not there in the other novella that is part of this book

This volume includes two novellas by the celebrated Punjabi author and poet, Amrita Pritam. Both novellas are hard to find in English translation, making this an interesting and important read. The Skeleton (Pinjar)The Skeleton is the story of Pooro, who is abducted by Rashida a few days before her wedding, and married to him by force. Thus, in pre-partition Punjab, Pooro; rejected by her Hindu parents for fear of ostracization; becomes Hamida. What follows is a compelling and gut-wrenching

Puro And Rashida are intriguing characters. Each with there own share of problems and emotions. Amrita Pritam is brilliant author, she deserves all the fame. I am glad I read this book on her 100th birth anniversary.

Normally, when I read translations from famous originals, the story makes perfect sense, but the language leaves much to be desired. Especially with Indian authors, many of the translators are just people who know the two languages, and not really artists in either one of them.However, Khushwant Singh was masterful in his use of English & Punjabi. Not only that, he was a raconteur and knew precisely how to keep the audience engaged.And that's the best part about Pinjar. The first story in

I happened to read this book recently but had seen the movie long time ago. While the movie was sure great, the book touches chords that not only make you sympathetic towards Pooro but also make you respect the men who go all out to fight for their wife, their sister.The time when this incident happened in history is one that alot of our elders can relate to and have sure narrated stories of the Hindu-Muslim differences and the suffering on both sides. While it hurts to see that the parents also

This book contains two of Amrita Pritam's novellas - PINJAR & THE OTHER MAN.About PINJAR: Clearly one of the bests of the two. It deserves 5 stars. In fact, after having read the novella, the impact was such that I was not able to start the next one for two days. The characters played in my mind and my hear went out to them. I can not say anything about the plot of the story. All I can say is that it is set in the pre-partition Pakistan Punjab when the tensions were running high between the

This book contains two stories: Pinjar ( skeleton) and The Man. Out of these Pinjar is way ahead . I gave 4 stars solely for this story. It depicts the trials n tribulations of women during the time of partition . The story of Puro touches your heart. As to the other, the man, I did not understand what the author wanted to say until almost 75% of the story was done. It was nearly towards the end that the story takes a turn n manages to redeem itself .