With the country partitioned and violence rising, Nisha and her family find themselves on the wrong side of the border. In these letters, she openly expresses her feelings and experiences. The diary becomes a means to connect with her mother as Nisha makes each diary entry in the form of a letter addressed to her mother. She is a shy young girl and feels reluctant to share and express her feelings. Nisha’s mother is no more, and Nisha yearns for her mother’s love and misses her. Her father is a doctor and mostly stays busy. Nisha makes these entries around the time of political turmoil in the country when India gets divided into India and Pakistan.īorn to a Hindu father and Muslim mother, Nisha lives (in present-day Pakistan ) with her father, younger brother, grandmother, and cook- Kazi. ‘The Night Diary’ is a series of diary entries by a young girl named Nisha.
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