![]() ![]() ![]() The diary format gives her story striking intimacy and immediacy, serving as a window into a fraught historical moment as Nisha grapples with issues of identity and the search for a home that remain quite timely. The Night Diary (Audiobook) Published March 5th 2018 by Penguin Random House, Audio Publishing Group. But when her family is no longer safe in their home in the city of Mirpur Khas (which became part of Pakistan), they set out for “the new India.” Hiranandani ( The Whole Story of Half a Girl) places Nisha’s coming of age against the violent birth of a nation. The Night Diary Veera Hiranandani Penguin, Juvenile Fiction - 288 pages 3 Reviews Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified A. As the daughter of a Hindu father and a Muslim mother, Nisha questions which side of the Indian-Pakistani border to call her own. ![]() Nisha’s journal entries, which are addressed to her deceased mother, take on new urgency as she witnesses India being “split in half like a log” along religious lines after gaining independence from Britain. After introverted Nisha receives a diary for her 12th birthday, she begins to find her voice as she documents her family’s upheaval amid the 1947 Partition of India. ![]()
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