: ‘Hyderabad’, a novel about a state’s quest for self-rule, is a fine balance of fact and fiction #IndiaNEWS As might well be apposite for stories of the Partition, let us begin at the end. Manreet

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‘Hyderabad’, a novel about a state’s quest for self-rule, is a fine balance of fact and fiction #IndiaNEWS
As might well be apposite for stories of the Partition, let us begin at the end. Manreet Sodhi Someshwar’s Hyderabad, the second book in her Partition Trilogy, closes with a ghazal by Hyderabad’s last Asaf Jahi Nizam, Nawab Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi, lamenting the end of his dynasty, and acknowledging the inescapable momentum of history.“Now the day dawns, the prophecy comes true,The Pir’s blessing, finally on death bed:Seized by Raja-e-Hindustan NehruGlorious Hyderabad is gallows led. (…)It’s the way of the world to bid adieu:To renew, all that is old must be wiped.�Hyderabad tells the story of the richest princely state in colonial India, rife with the potential of communal tension with its predominantly Hindu population ruled by a Muslim elite who did not wish to let power slip out of their hands. Under the Asaf Jahi dynasty, the state had prospered as a centre of learning and culture. The seventh Nizam, recognised as the richest man in the world, had founded the reputed Osmania University, built hospitals, patronised art, and had commissioned a trained army that fought alongside British forces in the Great War. For all his services and loyalty to the British government, the Nizam expected Hyderabad to remain independent of India; recognised as a part of the...Read more

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