Exploring Rupnagar: An Indian Soul in a Pakistani Body
Rupnagar is a fictional place, Zakir's childhood utopia, meaning "The City of Beauty". It symbolizes communal harmony and diverse perspectives on creation. Through Zakir's adult eyes, Rupnagar becomes a psychological refuge, where past events are reinterpreted based on present experiences. It exists now only in memory, serving as an illusion of nostalgia and solace in times of turmoil.
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BASTI By Intizar Husain Topic:- Rupnagar Manisha Chatterjee Roll:-1802067 Registration no.:-1061821400179 Semester:- VI
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.
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.
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.
