Dusk to dawn
Subtitle: Autobiography
Publisher: Chetna Parkashan, Ludhiana, Punjab(India)
Published: 2010
Place of publication: India
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9788178836362
Description: It is a true story of Partition in India in 1947 when India was divided into two independant territories,India and Pakista,  The story is related as an eye witness account of a 10 year old girl whose father was killed and her mother and other three siblings had to run for their lives. It took almost two months in hiding until the family reached India.
Table of contents: title: “Dusk To Dawn” Tells A Personal View Of The Partition; title: DUSK TO DAWN a book authored by Brajinder Kaur Dhillon; title: Book Review by Acharya S. P. Dwivedi; title: The ‘Dusk to Dawn’ of Brajinder is not simply Brajinder Kaur Dhillon’s autography but a pioneer work of literary art on the politico-cultural tradition of sub-continent of India.; title: The last century was widely known of exiles, émigrés and phenomenon of uproot. During India’s partition those who were living in the border areas were not immune to gross cruelty and   millions of innocent people faced cold- blooded deaths. A lot of writings of distinguished writers, during nineteen fifties in India and Pakistan, have been overtaken by the cult of partition.  Although, there are several books covering the gamut of India’s partition but author Dhillon‘s ‘Dusk to Dawn’ is refreshingly different because it is based upon profound personal experiences and  that makes it more authentic. The title of this autobiography is befitting because it accurately reflects her terror stricken life.  Actually, the Author went through unimaginable miseries during her childhood-“those events haunted all her life”. It was not only confined to this but the imprints of those wounds also were so deep that her memories remained solidified and frozen. However, with the change of time and condition after “60 years” the softening  commenced  and then she conscientiously embarked upon writing this book.; title: In autobiography readers generally look for the truthfulness and transparency and this book, without any failure, carries these features in great length. She explicitly acknowledges that she didn’t apply imagination to decorate the pain or spice the events thus her story becomes more reliable and acceptable. This book mirrors the views, ideas, ideals, conviction and above and beyond her personality. She didn’t make any attempt to hide or cover her inner feelings. Yet she used rationality to depict her unalloyed emotions and receptivity. Obviously, she has had fusion of external reality with inner feelings. The journey of her life reflects the ecstasy, uncalculated suffering, deep anguish and scars on her soul. She didn’t try to turn suffering into glorification, but it is irrefutably evident that whatsoever she realized wrote it frankly.