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ICE-Candy Man 1947

By: Bapsi Sidhwa

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Ice Candy Man?is a story set in Lahore, against the troubled background of the Partition - a narrative by a young girl called Lenny. She cannot walk and is taken care of by her Ayah named Shanta, who happens to be extremely gorgeous. Lenny is from the Parsi community, and Shanta is a Hindu. After the news of Partition spreads and communal mutinies begin in Lahore, Shanta is compelled to leave Lennys house, although the Parsi community is safe. The ice candy man, one of her ardent admirers, takes... her with him. The Pir Pindo village, where all the Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs once lived in peace and harmony, becomes a place where anxiety and hostility are inflicted into peoples minds by the politicians. Children are murdered, women are raped and the scenery of the village suffers an irrevocable transformation.?Ice Candy Man?depicts how people lose their calm in a fraction of a second when passions and sentiments run high. This novel becomes more heart-wrenching with a childs perspective on all the gory events, while she is coming of age in tremendously demanding times. The film?1947: Earth, by Deepa Mehta, is based on this novel.

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