... , has written a robust novel that portrays this community during the colonial period, The Crow Eaters (1980), another that depicts a Parsi family in Lahore during the time of Partition in 1947, Cracking India (1991), and a third set in the postcolonial era, An American Brat (1993), that treats not only contemporary Parsi life in Pakistan but the community's immigrant experience in the United ... ...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , has written a robust novel that portrays this community during the colonial period, The Crow Eaters (1980), another that depicts a Parsi family in Lahore during the time of Partition in 1947, Cracking India (1991), and a third set in the postcolonial era, An American Brat (1993), that treats not only contemporary Parsi life in Pakistan but the community's immigrant experience in the United ... ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 20,000 were seriously injured, and a hundred thousand residents of Calcutta City alone were left homeless. As Jinnah remarked " If not a divided India, then a destroyed India." At a more personal level, "Cracking India", a novel written by Bapsi Sidhwa, depicts the account of the violent racial religious clashes created by the partition of India and Pakistan as seen through the eyes of Lenny ... ...

• Word Count: 2672
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate