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An Indian Soul in a Pakistani Body: Exploring Rupnagar through Zakir's Memories

Rupnagar, a fictional place meaning "The City of Beauty," was Zakir's Utopia where communal harmony thrived. Through Zakir's adult eyes, it becomes clear that Rupnagar is but an illusion, serving as his psychological refuge in times of turmoil, mediating and transforming events based on his present experiences.

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An Indian Soul in a Pakistani Body: Exploring Rupnagar through Zakir's Memories

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  1. BASTI By Intizar Husain Topic:- Rupnagar Manisha Chatterjee Roll:-1802067 Registration no.:-1061821400179 Semester:- VI

  2. Rupnagar: Rupnagar:- -An Indian Soul in a Pakistani Body An Indian Soul in a Pakistani Body  Rupnagar is a fictional place Rupnagar was Zakir's Utopia. The meaning of Rupnagar is "The City of Beauty". Zakir spent most of his childhood there. Rupnagar now only exist in Zakir's memory.

  3.  Rupnagar had a communal harmony  Different views about creation coexisted there • . “Children, when Brahma-ji saw this, ... the earth ...When the tortoise ... earthquake happens.” • “A cow with four thousand ...The seven ... causes an earthquake.”

  4.  Rupnagar is nothing but an illusion  The childhood is recalled through the eyes of an adult Zakir.  He mediates and transforms its events, assigning them a value and importance based on his experiences in the present.  Rupnagar was his psychological refuge in the time of turmoil.

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