Title: Mirages of the mind
Description: "[R]evolves around Basharat and his family, Indian Muslims forced to relocate to Pakistan during Partition. Through one absurd anecdote after another, Basharat-- awash in nostalgia, half-baked schemes, and sorrow-- emerges as a holy fool. A uniquely authentic portrait of postcolonialism and homesickness"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Muslims, Partition of India (1947) fast (OCoLC)fst01353944, East Indians, Urdu, History, Satire, Fiction, Indo-iranian philology
Places: Pakistan, India
Time periods: Partition, 1947