{"product_id":"kultars-mime-mehr-kaur-9781523834136","title":"Kultar's Mime: Stories of Sikh children who survived the 1984 Delhi massacre","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKultar's Mime \u003c\/i\u003etells the stories of Sikh children who survived the Delhi massacre through a poem that grew into a play, made its way from Boston to Delhi, and restarted the conversation about a forgotten chapter in history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn April 1903, a pogrom targeted the Jewish population in Kishinev, Russia, leaving many dead and wounded and thousands homeless. Upon visiting the aftermath, the Hebrew poet Hayim Nahman Bialik composed one of his most famous poems, \"In the City of Slaughter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1984, after Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot by her Sikh bodyguards, an orgy of murder, rape, and arson was unleashed upon the Sikh residents of Delhi, in which more than three thousand lost their lives. When he eventually discovered the hidden truth, Sarbpreet Singh, then a young Sikh living in Milwaukee wrote the poem \"Kultar's Mime.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe play \u003ci\u003eKultar's Mime\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes the suffering caused by these two events, separated by thousands of miles, many years, and vast cultural differences. Through the raw imagery of the two poems, it reminds us that, in the end, all innocent victims are the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mehr Kaur, Sarbpreet Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1523834137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781523834136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.45d","brand":"Mehr Kaur","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44068432314623,"sku":"9781523834136","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ec7235d-8510-416c-9314-3add62c1f912.jpg?v=1685418966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kultars-mime-mehr-kaur-9781523834136","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}