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'''''A Bend in the Ganges''''' (1964) is a novel by the Indian author [[Manohar Malgonkar]].<ref>Ashok Kumar Bachchan, "''A Bend in the Ganges'': A Historical Novel" in Basavaraj Naikar (ed.), ''Indian English Literature'', Volume 6, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 2007, p.&nbsp;[https://books.google.com/books?id=TO4yqppedmEC&pg=PA140 140].</ref> The novel opens with the civil disobedience movement of the early 1930s and ends with the partition riots in Punjab. It encompasses the [[Swadeshi movement]], the activities of the freedom fighters, the outbreak of the Second World War, the British retreat from Rangoon, the [[Bombay Explosion (1944)|Bombay dock explosion]] and the [[Partition of India|division of India]] in 1947. The epigraph of this novel is from the [[Ramayana]]: "''At a bend in the Ganges, they paused to take a look at the land they were leaving''".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Malgonkar|first=Manohar|title=A Bend in the Ganges|publisher=Hamish Hamilton, London|year=1964|isbn=9780670157259|location=London}}</ref><br />
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This story revolves around three male protagonists: Gian Talwar- who is very much influenced by the Gandhian ideology of non-violence; Debi Dayal and Shafi Usman are other two who often uses "Jai-Ram: Jai Rahim<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Raghavendra|first=Dr. C.|date=April 2018|title=Manohar Malgonkar’s A Bend in the Ganges: A Deft Blend of Personal, Patriotic, Partition and Communal Affairs|url=http://www.languageinindia.com/april2018/raghavendrabendinthegangesfinal1.pdf|journal=Language in India|volume=Vol. 18|issn=1930-2940|via=http://www.languageinindia.com/}}</ref>" slogan to equate their feeling toward [[Secularism in India|secularism]]. The fundamental difference between Talwar and Debi-Shafi duo lies in their ideology. As Talwar picks 'Gandhian [[nonviolence]]' as his way to fight against the British atrocities, Debi-Shafi finds violence as the only option left. Freedom fighters also establish 'The Hanuman Club', an institution for their physical and spiritual upliftment in a country which is immensely divided due to its variations in political ideology and religious fragility. <br />
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