Cracking India, (1991, U.S., 1992, India; originally published as Ice Candy Man, 1988, England) is a novel by author Bapsi Sidhwa. Bapsi Sidhwa (1938 - ) is an important author of Pakistani origin who writes in English. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bapsi Sidhwa (1938 - ) is an important author of Pakistani origin who writes in English. ...

Plot synopsis

Told through the eyes of young Lenny Sethi (a young Parsi girl afflicted with polio who lives in Lahore), Cracking India explores Lenny's experience of the partition of India in 1947. This article is about (members of) the Parsi Zoroastrian community in and from India. ... The Minar-e-Pakistan represents Pakistani independence The Hazuri Bagh, looking towards the Roshnai Gate The Hazuri Bagh, looking towards the Roshnai Gate in 1870 Lahore (Urdu: لاہور) is a major city of Pakistan and is the capital of the province of Punjab. ... Britains holdings on the Indian subcontinent were granted independence in 1947 and 1948, becoming four new independent states: India, Burma (now Myanmar), Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Pakistan (including East Pakistan, modern-day Bangladesh). ...

Film

• Filmmaker Deepa Mehta's 1998 film, Earth (titled 1947 in India), is based on Cracking India.

Deepa Mehta (born 1950 in Amritsar, India) is an Indian born Canadian film director and screenwriter, based in Toronto. ... Bapsi Sidhwas novel Ice-Candy-Man (1988; later published as Cracking India, 1991) was released as the 1998 film Earth (1947 in India), directed by Deepa Mehta. ...

External links

• Book Review