Book you read recently - Pinjar

·         I have read many books in my lifetime but here I am going to talk about Pinjar, which is a novel written by Amrita Pritam

·         She was a famous Punjabi writer

·         The book is based on the plight on the plight of women during the partition of India

·         Pinjar literally means skeleton

·         It is the story of a young hindu girl Puro who lives with her family happily

·         She is engaged to Ramchand

·         One day Puro is kidnapped by Rashid

·         Actually Rashid’s aunt was once kidnapped by Puro’s family and Rashid wants to take revenge

·         After kidnapping Puro, Rashid falls in love with her

·         One day Puro somehow escapes from Rashid’s captivity and comes back home

·         Her family does not accept her because they think she is not chaste any more

·         Unfortunately, her brother Trilok, who loves her a lot is not home at that time

·         She returns to Rashid and gets married to him

·         When trilok returns home he burns Rashids farm and crop.

·         Meanwhile, Puro is very unhappy with life and becomes a Pinjar, Skeleton

·         Then partition is announced

·         Lajjo, Puro’s sister-in-law is kidnapped by muslims

·         Rashid helps Puro find her

·         Puro falls in love with Rashid because of his goodness

·         Rashid gives her the option to go to her family in India but she refuses

·         The book ends on a happy note