Nisha’s voice is the right mix of innocence and strength, and her transformation is both believable and heartbreaking. Hiranandani ( The Whole Story of Half a Girl, 2013) compassionately portrays one of the bloodiest periods in world history through diary entries Nisha writes to her deceased mother. As Nisha and her family make their way across the brand-new border, Nisha learns about her family history, not to mention her own strength. They are forced to leave their town-and Kazi. Although Nisha’s mother was Muslim, her family is Hindu, and the riots surrounding Partition soon make it impossible for them to live in their home safely despite their mixed faith. Painfully shy, Nisha, who lost her mother in childbirth and feels distant from her stern father and her elderly grandmother, is only able to speak freely with the family cook, a Muslim man named Kazi. Nisha and her twin brother, Amil, celebrate their 12th birthday in their beloved town of Mirpur Khas, India, a month before their country receives independence from the British and splits into India and Pakistan. But even if her country has been ripped apart, Nisha still believes in the possibility of putting herself back together.In 1947, Nisha’s beloved country is being torn apart-and so is her family.
The journey is long, difficult, and dangerous, and after losing her mother as a baby, Nisha can’t imagine losing her homeland, too. When Papa decides it’s too dangerous to stay in what is now Pakistan, Nisha and her family become refugees and embark first by train but later on foot to reach her new home. Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn’t know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore.
The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders. It’s 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. You can read this before The Night Diary PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Night Diary written by Veera Hiranandani which was published in. Brief Summary of Book: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
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