Khooni vaisakhi by nanak singh is an account of which event from indian history

The bloody massacre at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, a hundred years old this year, is both the end and the beginning for Khooni Vaisakhi , Nanak Singh’s moving ode to its martyrs, recently translated into English by Navdeep Suri, a career diplomat and Nanak Singh’s grandson. The backstory behind the poem should itself be the subject of another book, in that how the poem was banned by the British upon its publication in 1920, just a year after the Amritsar tragedy; its existing copies burnt; and its rediscovery after 60 years before being rendered into English. That pre-history alone makes this translation a literary event worth celebrating. ‘Khooni Vaisakhi’ By Nanak Singh, translated by Navdeep Suri, Harper Perennial, India Nanak Singh passed away in December 1971, just a couple of weeks after the humiliating surrender of Pakistani troops to India and the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation. He led an eventful life which was turned around by the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy in Amritsar; then as an ardent activist and freedom-fighter against British colonialism; and as a witness to the Partition of India in 1947. Unfortunately, he is not very well-known in the land of his birth, a village near Pind Daadan Khan in Jhelum in modern-day Pakistan. I was acutely reminded of this injustice earlier this month when the installation of a statue of Punjab’s last indigenous ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Lahore Fort on the occasion of his 180 th birthday attracted widesprea...

That narrow lane to enter the Bagh Sealed off on Dyer’s command, my friends. No exit, no escape, no way out was left Making the Bagh a deathly trap, my friends. A fortunate few somehow survived While most died then and there, my friends. Some ran with bullets ripping their chest Stumbling to their painful end, my friends. Others caught the bullet while running away Dropping lifeless in awkward heaps, my friends. In minutes, the Bagh so strewn with corpses None knew just who was who, my friends. Many of them did look like Sikhs Amid Hindus and Muslims plenty, my friends. In the prime of their youth, our bravehearts lay Gasping for one last breath, my friends. Long hair lay matted in blood and grime In slumber deep they sleep, my friends. Says Nanak Singh, Who knows their state But God the One and Only, my friends. (Khooni Vaisakhi) The lines which entails the despairing struggle of a man who went through a massacre, Nanak Singh, the Father of Punjabi Novel. A literary enthusiast, Nanak Singh, was a person who survived the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on 13 April 1919. A man of 22 years feasted his eyes on General Reginald Dyer’s troops open fire randomly on unshielded civilians protesting against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr Satyapal popular freedom fighters. Early Life Apparently, Nanak Singh lived an extraordinary life. He was the oldest of four children and was born on 4 th of July 1897 in Chak Hamid, a small hamlet five hours away from Multan...

• • Politics • Crime • All India • • South Asia • Asia • Middle East • Africa • Europe • Americas • Oceania • • Delhi • Kolkata • Mumbai • In Other Cities • • Economy • Market • Companies • Autos • In Other News • • Edit • Oped • Columnists • Interview of the Week • Reporter's Diary • The Age Debate • Here and Now • • Cricket • Tennis • Football • In Other sports • • Mobiles & Tabs • Gadgets • In Other news • Reviews • • Bollywood • Hollywood • Movie Reviews • TV • Music • In Other News • • • Health • Fashion • Food • Travel • Art • Relationship • More Features • • • • • • • • • • • • • As soon as I received the book, with Nanak Singh’s name embossed on it, I was transported to my childhood days, when long summer vacations were spent glued to the works of the father of the Punjabi novel. I had read most of his works and as a child, the titles of his novels, and especially the binary opposition in them, Paviter Papi (Saintly Sinner), Chitta-Lahu (White Blood), Aastak-Naastak (Theist-Atheist), always attracted me. One can very easily observe a shift in the writings of Nanak Singh — from religious issues to social and then political. The socio-political and religious trajectories, in fact, reflect not only the personality of Singh, though, but offer a historical narrative of our country as well. The book under review is on one such major historical event that set the stage for the Independence movement to gather momentum in Punjab. Using poetry as a medium of protest, Singh h...

Nanak Singh’s Khooni Vaisakhi, A Poem from the The British ruled India for more than 100 years. During that time, they committed many atrocities against the Indians. But, the one that stands out the most is the massacre that they did on April 13, 1919. The way they killed hundreds of innocent people who were peacefully protesting against the “Rowlatt Act” at the Jallianwala Bagh, near the Golden Temple in Amritsar, is the living epitome of British crimes. Sardar Nanak Singh’s poem will also provide context for one of the most heinous chapters in Indian history. In fact, within a few hundred words, the author has presented the whole scenario of the What is Khooni Vaisakhi by Nanak Singh? Khooni Vaisakhi is a soul-shaking poem about the horrific Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of April 1919. It was written by Sardar Nanak Singh in 1920. In fact, after its publication in May 1920, the British Raj not only banned the book, but also confiscated all copies. Because, through his words, Nanak Singh wrote about the inhumanity of the British, especially the murderous deeds committed by the infamous Brigadier General Reginald Dyer. Khooni Vaisakhi, A Poem From The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919. The poem was originally written in the Punjabi language. And the grandson of Nanak Singh, Navdeep Suri, has translated it into English for a wider audience who is not familiar with Punjabi. The book contains both the original poem and its English translation. The language of the book is easy to und...

Please allow notification and avoid private mode for this feature to work. About the book Jallianwala Bagh. 13 April 1919. Twenty-two-year-old Nanak Singh joins the mass of peaceful protestors agitating against the Rowlatt Act. What then turns out to be one of the worst atrocities perpetrated by the British Raj, and a turning point in India’s independence movement, also becomes a life-changing experience for Nanak Singh, who survives the massacre, unconscious and unnoticed among the hundreds of corpses. After going through the traumatic experience, Nanak Singh proceeds to write Khooni Vaisakhi, a long poem in Punjabi. The poem was a scathing critique of the British Raj and was banned soon after its publication in May 1920. After sixty long years, it was rediscovered and has been translated into English for the first time by the author’s grandson, Navdeep Suri. Featuring the poem in translation and in original, this bilingual book is accompanied by essays from Navdeep Suri, Punjabi literature scholar H.S. Bhatia and BBC correspondent Justin Rowlatt. Khooni Vaisakhi is not only a poignant piece of protest literature but also a historical artefact and a resurrected witness to how Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims came together to stand up to colonization and oppression in one of India’s darkest moments. Navdeep Suri is a former diplomat who has served in India’s diplomatic missions in Washington DC and London. He was also India’s ambassador to Egypt and UAE, High Commissioner to Aust...