The Last Queen by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: A short review

The Last Queen,history aside, shines a spotlight on yet another female character - Rani Jindan of Punjab. I’m not very familiar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh, thanks to our Anglicized history textbooks which hardly give us a look into what actually went on in the different parts of our country while the British colonized and plundered us. But, the book is very entertaining without being boring while familiarizing us with the history of the time.

The Haider controversy!

“Jab tak hum inteqam sey azad nahi hongey, koi azadi humey azad nahi kar sakti” (If we do not free ourselves of revenge, no freedom can set us free). These words spoken by Kulbhushan Kharbanda in the first half of the movie and then later Tabu is the essence of Haider. Unfortunately, many of us have not been able to grasp the Weltanschauung of the movie.