Talk:Freedom at Midnight

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the real things happen before indian independence.pls read this book becos this is one of the indispensable one...

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The book is great, but do take it with a little pinch of salt, most of the comments are from Lord Mountbatten and his perspective of things, he does try to colour things to show the Brits being in the right. Haphar 12:34, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

language
The article does not state what the book's orignal language is, I believe it to be French (Cette nuit la liberté). Sephia karta 17:59, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

It's English. Haphar 14:55, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Aadhi Raat Ki Aazadi
What a superb translation, it is a realy good piece. Person who intersterd in Indian Independence and History Student should read this book. Hats Off! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rajeshroshan (talk • contribs).

A great romanticised epic of modern Indian history
This book made me fall in love with my country, India all over again when I read it in high school. Its almost like reading a romantic novel except that the protagonist here is the great idea that is India. It maybe be a bit inaccurate in parts but it more than makes it up with its stylized writing and powerful portrayal.

novel?
The book is described in the article as a nonfiction book, based on research done from primary sources. As such, it is not a novel. It is obviously a work of popular nonfiction, and appears to be written in a novelistic style, but so far as I can gather, is not actually a novel. If it is a work of historical fiction, rather than a work of popular non-fiction, this needs to be clarified - are there, for instance, fictional scenes presented as fact, or are the thoughts of personages presented by the authors as though they are omniscient when, in fact, they could not possibly know what the person was thinking (although even this latter might not be sufficient - Bob Woodward does this  all the time, and is still considered to write non-fiction)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by John Kenney (talk • contribs) 18:44, August 25, 2007 (UTC)

Mountbatten-Nehru
The book doesn't mention the rumoured relationship between Jawaharlal Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten. Didn't the authors know? Did they know but decided not to publish it? Why? --Error (talk) 00:47, 18 September 2013 (UTC)