简介：ThisTVminiseries("Darkness"inEnglish)becamefamousinIndiainthemid/late80sforitsrealisticdepictionofthepartitionoftheIndiansubcontinent.In1947,thesubcontinentbecameIndia,East(nowBangladesh)andWestPakistan(today'sPakistan).Theseriespretendedtokeepmemoriesandtruthsaboutthepartitionalive,atatimewhenmanyIndiansandPakistanisseemedtobeforgettingthishistoricaltragedy.Theminiseriesbecamealandmark297minute,35mmfilm,nowshownmostlyatIndianFilmFestivals.ThefilmisbasedonthebookbyBrishamSahni,himselfarefugeetoIndiafromWestPunjab,nowinPakistan.Thusfittingly,thisepiclooksatPartitionfromanIndianPunjabiperspective,asthefateofSikhandHindufamiliesinWestPunjabisemphasized.ThefirstpartalsounderscorestheMuslimviewpoint:theprovocationstheysufferedfromSikhsandespeciallyHindus,andtheirultimatesupremacyintheWestPunjab,whichbecametheheartofPakistan.The"Darkness"ofthosetimesofreligiousintoleranceandcivilwarhighlightstwostoriesofrefugeefamilies,oneSikhandtheotherHindu.ThesevictimsofhateandtheirMuslimcounterpartshad,until1947,beenbrothersandco-existedforoverathousandyearsthroughouttheIndiansubcontinent.With"modernfreedom",thelandsofthisonce"onepeople"waspartitionedintoMuslim,andHindurepublics.Non-Muslimreligiousgroups,however(Sikhs,Christians,andmanyMuslims-asmanyasinallinPakistan),migratedtothenewIndia.Pakistanbecame,"defacto",exclusivelyMuslim.…