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Alms in the name of a blind horse : a novel in Punjabi (Record no. 569961)
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788129137319 |
| Paper back/Hardbound | pbk |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 891.433 |
| Item number | SIN |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Singh, Gurdial |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Alms in the name of a blind horse : a novel in Punjabi |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Gurdial Singh |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | New delhi: Rupa, |
| Year of publication | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 152p. |
| Dimensions | 21cms |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Alms in the Name of a Blind Horse (Anhe Ghore Da Daan) is a modern classic that derives its title from an ancient myth associated with the Churning of the Ocean, in which Lord Vishnu had been less than fair in his dispensation to the Asuras, supposedly the progenitors of latter-day Dalits. Through this novel, Gurdial Singh emphasizes that just as the Asuras had to depend upon the arbitrary dispensation of the Lord, in the same way the modern Dalits have to depend on the mercy and compassion of the village overlords. On the day of the lunar and solar eclipse, they still go around asking for the alms in the name of the blind horse. The events of this novel are confined to one such day of lunar eclipse in the lives of its characters. Often it is believed that poor, landless and marginalized characters such as Melu, his bapu, his Chacha Partapa, etc. lead banal and uneventful lives, which are not even worthy of a description, let alone artistic treatment. Exploding this myth, Gurdial Singh has created this ‘whirlpool of a novella’ around unending spate of events that enmesh hapless lives of its characters, all in course of a single day. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Short stories, Panjabi Translations into English |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | English Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 4TH FLOOR, B WING | 28.11.2025 | 195.00 | 891.433 SIN | 699496 | 28.11.2025 | English Books | ||||
| Anna Centenary Library | Anna Centenary Library | 4TH FLOOR, B WING | 28.11.2025 | 195.00 | 891.433 SIN | 699497 | 28.11.2025 | English Books |