Blind
Published on 10. June 2016
244 pages
978-93-5136-479-5 (ISBN)
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In the blind home that Baba runs, the residents can see. Sharfu sees through fingers that weave bamboo strands into beautiful baskets. Even blinded by desires, Roni sees through her lovers. Bhola keeps a watchful eye over his friends through intuition and guile. Yet, when Baba, the guardian and mentor to them all, regains sight in an accident, all he sees is a corrupt and decadent world. Joginder Paul, one of the greats of Urdu literature, tells a powerful story about sight and perception, and how it impacts many facets of the human existence: territoriality, greed, selfishness, corruption, acceptance and discovery. Blind is a powerful metaphor for a country and a society that is crippled by spiritual and moral degeneration. Sparked off by a visit to a blind home in Nairobi, Paul's story appears to ask: of what use is sight for those who only look but do not see?
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Sukrita Paul Kumar
Blind
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06/2016
HarperCollins Publishers India
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Winner of the Iqbal Samman and the Ghalib Award among a host of other literary honours, is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and compelling writers in Urdu today. Edited by noted critic and poet, Sukrita Paul Kumar, this new translation by and faithfully recreates the lightness of touch, and the nuance and sophistication of the original.
