Veeresh Malik is an ex-shippie, he writes not with ink but with the sweat of a salior. Read on.
Tags: 1984, Bluestar, Mrs. Gandhi, riots, Roll of Honour, school, sodomy
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Friends, I was surprised when I caught myself welling up upon reading this heartfelt review of ‘Roll of Honour’ by ‘The Hindu’ Playwright award winner and journalist Nandini Krishnan.
‘The story isn’t simply about the dilemma that the idea of treason poses. The focus is on bullying, where the victim and the perpetrator are trapped in a cyclical relationship, fuelled by a particular kind of insanity – the insanity induced by fear of the unknown.’
Tags: 1984, Bluestar, Khalistan, Mrs. Gandhi, Punjab, riots, Roll of Honour
Every writer seeks one review/response that validates the work back to the writer. D P Satish brought the book home to me.
‘Roll of Honour’ is an evocative novel. You keep thinking about it even days after you have finished reading it. … Sandhu tells this story lucidly. He draws no conclusions, gives no sermons and offers no solutions. He refrains from turning the story into a tearjerker.’
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Tags: 1984, anti-Sikh riots, Bluestar, Khalistan, Mrs. Gandhi, Punjab, Roll of Honour