Book Review: ‘Aagay Samunder Hai,’ by Intizar Husain
Pakistani tourist from Pakistan Adnan clad in shalwar kameez waiting to board Emirates flight to Pakistan, sitting in airport lounge of Dubai International airport , was reading eBook in his e-reader, and suddenly heard an email alert sound in his smartphone. When he swiped up mobile screen to read, it was book review alert on Urdu novel Jawaad , Maimuna, Majo Bhai are three main characters and other historical and cultural figures including Qurtuba (Córdoba), Gharnata (Granada), and Sham (Damascus). The book author name is Intizar Husain . It was a time when Pakistan and India got independence from British in 1947 , protagonist named Jawad Hassan had to leave India and migrated into Pakistan. But he left behind his ancestral home and fiancée, Maimuna in India. Majo Bhai, brother of Jawaad supported him after migration because it was new place for him. Reading this novel would t...