00734pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001700040245006700057260000900124300001500133362001100148520036400159650001900523650001200542773003400554180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBhalla, Alok  aMemory, history and fictional representations of the partition  c1999  ap.3119-128  a30 Oct  aThe violence that accompanied India's partition in 1947 was of such fiendishness that it has defied understanding. Fictional writings about this period express this bewilderment. They also portray pre-partition times of tolerance. The writers deal with the violence itself in different ways - redemptively, pessimistically or cynically. A survey. - Reproduced  aIndia. History  aHistory  aEconomic and Political Weekly