Khuda Sahi Salamat Hai : HinduMuslim Sahjeevan Ka Marmik Udghatan

If Jhootha Sach is a historical document of Partition, Khuda Sahi Salamat Hai offers a poignant exploration of the coexistence of Hindus and Muslims in India despite Partition. Lively and dynamic characters like Hajri, Azizan, Gulbadan, Sharma, Siddiqui, Pandit, Panditain, Gulabdei, Latif, Haseena, Uma, Lakshmidhar, Khwaja, and Prem Jaunpuri, with all their human strengths and weaknesses, make us a part of their environment. Sharma and Guls love is about to perfect the fusion of these two streams when various vested interests, under the guise of communalism, come in the way. Just as love demands sacrifice, so too does a great social purpose. This novel ultimately underlines this truth. Beyond communalism, it also deeply considers the issue of women. Its female characters remain unwavering to the end, despite facing the filth of the discriminatory male mindset. Despite being portrayed with all their human frailties, not for a moment does it seem that they can be swayed from their righteous path. This richness of personality, manifested through the courtesans, heirs of late medieval Indian culture, is quite remarkable. It reminds us of what we have lost by following the soulless path of modernity. The novel explores, from the outset, how the attitude adopted by our ruling class in the 1980s to fan communal issues was providing new opportunities for the vested interests of both communities to play out openly. And how Indias constitutional secularism, instead of stopping this nefarious game, served as a veil to cover it up. Amidst the widespread absence of Muslim narratives from non-Muslim writers in independent India, this novel stands as a pleasant and promising exception. Because of these qualities, it continues the legacy of Aag Ka Dariya, Uddas Nasleen, Jhootha Sach, and Aadha Gaon. Krishnamohan.