Unknown Mystery

Name : Adithya.S

Reg No : 20SJCCC311

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Letter:

To Toba Tek Singh,

This letter is to ask you what the mind set of the people was during the partition. What kind of trauma are the people going through? I believe that it wouldn’t have been calm for the people during the partition. The rage built within them and the confusion created has led to a deep thought of survival. Many people being confused whether they would end up losing their home land and indeed their loved ones. This instance can be found when a Sikh was deeply pained when he found that his love who lived in Amritsar would form part in India. Hearing this would have made any person grief striven. The British who focused on dividing India certainly made a big move for their success in dividing India.

REPORT:

I’d like to justify my creative expression on TobaTekSingh as a land. I’ve chosen a social media platform (instagram) as it being in 21^st century has a great impact on bringing spotlight to the past events. This helps people to understand and contemplate things in a better way. Creative way of expressing things is necessary than just being a boring conversation. To reflect light on our history makes it informative and people will be aware of their surroundings and how the past connects the future. Living in a world where social media plays a huge role is the reason why is chose a social media platform to justify my thoughts in a creative way. By this a large number of people can be aware of TobaTekSingh and the incidents that took place during the partition.

I’d like to start with my story as addressing Toba Tek Singh as a land of  ‘Unkown Mystery’

The partition has had a major political as well as cultural effect on the people of these two countries and in doing so, it too has affected my own understanding of the region as a student in this course trying to get a picture of the situation without much context. The chaos between these countries has been a major impact on people of the past during the partition. The partition did not leave this place untouched and unscarred. Being an important railway station, Toba Tek Singh not only saw violence, but also the trains carrying corpses. The beautiful history of Toba Tek Singh, which is a source of pride for city residents, is not just what they have inherited but is what they are struggling to preserve. Their struggle is a source of hope. We cannot undo the past, the trauma of Partition continues to survive in several forms, but we can definitely make up for it by sowing seeds of peace and harmony.

The partition between India and Pakistan during 1947 , has been miserable in people’s hearts. Many families got separated. The story Toba Tek Singh mainly shows chaos and the differences between people as Hindus and Muslims who were frame as lunatics and were also forced to move from their land. Being completely confused about what their future holds for them, and how burdensome that situation was for the people. Amidst them we get to know about the story of  Bishan Singh who was waiting to know where Toba Tek Singh was situated. The separation as two new countries shows the historical evidence where the British too had their hands in this partition. ‘Divide and Rule’ , indeed the British succeeded. As the context I have chosen say an ‘Unknown Mystery’, here Bishan Singh is not aware of where Toba Tek Singh is situated. He learns about it when he questions the guard and the guard replies it is in Pakistan. Puzzled by this he is left alone along with the people where no one heard his voice.

The tragic end of partition has certainly left us in a state of sorrow. If the decisions made by the political leaders were absolute and intelligible, there would be unity and no such havoc between people even today. While India was slowly picking up from poverty, this incident caused a major hit on people. In India we still blame Muslims for dreadful incidents and not the society. The society we are in today is the seed sown from the past. Our past incidents have indeed played a major role in the society we live in. It’s all about time we can count on. 

              

 

                                                      THANK YOU