I Shall Not Hear the NightingaleI Shall Not Hear The Nightingale, Khushwant Singh'S Second Novel, Is Set In Amritsar During The Height Of India'S Freedom Movement, When Nationalists Called Upon The British To `Quit India'. Sardar Buta Singh, First Class Magistrate, A Man Whose Family Is Known For Its Loyalty To The Raj, Is Close To Being Nominated To The Queen'S Honours List That Year. However, Unknown To Him, His Son Sher Singh Has Become The Leader Of A Group Of Gun-Wielding, Anti-British Revolutionaries. When The Headman Of A Nearby Village, A Police Informer, Goes Missing, Sher Singh Is Arrested. If Proved Guilty Of Treason He Could Be Sentenced To Death. A Disgraced Buta Singh Disowns His Son In Order To Show His Continuing Loyalty To The Government, And His God-Fearing Wife Sabhrai Turns To The Guru For Guidance. The Kindly Deputy Commissioner, John Taylor, An Englishman Who Is Sympathetic To Indians And Understands The Family'S Predicament, Offers Them Two Alternatives: Sher Singh Can Either Betray His Comrades And Save His Life Or Else Be Hanged. Meanwhile, In Simla, Sher Singh'S Wife And Sister Are Involved In A Parallel Drama Of Their Own With Madan, A Revolutionary And A Rake. I Shall Not Hear The Nightingale Has Been Widely Acclaimed As Khushwant Singh'S Finest Novel. |
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... gave Champak an opportunity to enter into the family discourse . ' I had a very quiet day all alone . I washed my hair and listened to the hymns relayed from the temple by the radio . Then I said my evening prayers and put the Granth to ...
... gave Champak an opportunity to enter into the family discourse . ' I had a very quiet day all alone . I washed my hair and listened to the hymns relayed from the temple by the radio . Then I said my evening prayers and put the Granth to ...
Page 79
... gave himself a steady stare to study the effect it could have on other people . At these moments he was reminded of newsreels show- ing busty Russian women soldiers marching fifty abreast through Moscow's Red Square on May Day parades ...
... gave himself a steady stare to study the effect it could have on other people . At these moments he was reminded of newsreels show- ing busty Russian women soldiers marching fifty abreast through Moscow's Red Square on May Day parades ...
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... gave Buta Singh the opportunity to redeem himself . ' Of course he disagrees with me and is more of your point of view . He is young and you know what youth is ! ' ' Yes , ' answered Taylor absent - mindedly . ' But what do you do when ...
... gave Buta Singh the opportunity to redeem himself . ' Of course he disagrees with me and is more of your point of view . He is young and you know what youth is ! ' ' Yes , ' answered Taylor absent - mindedly . ' But what do you do when ...
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Alsatian angry answered Sher Singh arms arrests asked Sabhrai Baisakhi bazaar Beena began Bhraji Bibiji breakfast British chair Champak chapatis cigarette cinema courtyard crane crowd daughter Deputy Commissioner Deputy Commissioner's door Dyer English eyes face father feet fly-whisk friends girls give Granth Guru gurudwara hands head headman heard Hindu husband Indian jeep Jhimma Singh kimono legs looked Madan magistrates Mashobra mind mistress monsoon morning mother Mundoo Muslim never night peasant Peer Sahib prayer Punjab replied round Sardar Buta Singh Sardar Sahib Sardarini Sardarji Sarus crane Sat Sri Akal sergeant servants Sher Singh took shirt shook shoulders shouted Shunno Sikh Simla sister Sita Sita's sleep smile stood sub-inspector talk Taylor tell temple things told tonga turned verandah waiting Wazir Chand whispered wife