The line they drew through us.
Written by Hiba Noor Khan.
Andersen Press, 2025.
Fiction.
Three best friends are born on the same day under
miraculous circumstances. But by their twelfth birthday, Jahan, Ravi and
Lakshmi's lives are about to change forever. The British announce Indian
independence and draw lines of Partition that tear apart the country, and the
friends. One of them flees, one of them disappears, and the other is left
wondering, could a miracle bring them back together?
Heart-breaking. Touches of the mystical.
Stories of British genocide / cruelty / horrific behaviour
are embedded into the story.
My caveat is the introduction, which makes it seem as though
Bangladesh was created at the same time as the Partition in 1947. Which, to me,
feels like a negation of the trauma and horror of the Liberation War of 1971 –
and all that led up to it.
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