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360资源网 提供本资源 <>Alovestorylayedoutagainstabackdroofoliticalandreligiousuheaval.AttheendoftheSecondWorldWar,38year-oldcareersoldierGianSinghresignshiscommissionwiththeBritishIndianArmyandreturnstohischildhoodvillage,neartheborderwithPakistan.Hauntedbythememoriesofwar,heseeksaquietlifeoffarming,solitudeandrayer.HiseaceisshatteredinAugust1947,however,whenIndiaisgrantedindeendence.AnewborderisdrawnbetweenHindu-dominatedIndiaandMuslim-dominatedPakistan,andtheregionistornaartbymassacresfueledbyancientanimosities.Inthemidstofonesuchmassacre,GianfindsNaseem,a17-year-oldMuslimgirl,andtakesherunderhisrotection.Theygraduallyfindthemselvesdrawntoeachotherbut,astheirremarkablestorylaysout,theobstaclestotheirhainessroveallbutinsurmountable.
