Crossover tales: Poonam Saxena writes on lesser-known Partition stories

Columnist Poonam Saxena writes about lesser-known Partition stories in literature and film.

New film 'Main Vaapas Aaunga' with Naseeruddin Shah and Diljit Dosanjh revives interest in Partition-era literature.

Phanishwar Nath Renu's 1954 novel 'Maila Anchal' features a character named Bavandas, a devoted follower of Mahatma Gandhi.

Bavandas, a person with dwarfism, plants the tricolour in a courtroom during the Quit India movement and is arrested.

After Gandhi's assassination on January 30, 1948, Bavandas loses hope and decides to leave his village.