{"title":"Kishwar Desai","description":"Kishwar Desai is an Indian author and columnist. She is also chair of The Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust (TAACHT), which has just set up the world’s first Partition Museum at Town Hall, Amritsar. Her first novel, Witness the Night, won the Costa prize for best first novel in the UK.","products":[{"product_id":"jallianwala-bagh","title":"Jallianwala Bagh, 1919","description":"\u003cp class=\"product-meta\" itemprop=\"brand\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kishwar Desai\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-meta\" itemprop=\"brand\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-meta\" itemprop=\"brand\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-meta\" itemprop=\"brand\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eContext\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-meta\" itemprop=\"brand\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished Year: \u003c\/b\u003eNovember 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-meta\" itemprop=\"brand\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages: \u003c\/b\u003e284\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the hundred years since the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, the volatile atmosphere in Punjab at the time has been forgotten, as also the true horror of the event itself. The details of the widespread agitation against the Rowlatt Bill, which led to the gathering at Jallianwala Bagh, begs a nuanced and unbiased documentation - as does the larger canvas of the revolt and rebellion in the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book looks at how Jallianwala Bagh became the flame that ignited the freedom movement, as well as the role of nationalists such as Madan Mohan Malviya, B.G. Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satya Pal in the events before and after the slaughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kishwar Desai","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":18979406348401,"sku":"AMA-196","price":619.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/0601\/7393\/products\/Jallianwala_Bagh_front_cover.jpg?v=1541688302"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.booksetgo.com\/collections\/kishwar-desai\/binding_hardback.oembed","provider":"BOOKSETGO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}