A masterpiece of urdu literature. The novel appears to describe the life events of Daoji very objectively, yet tells of emotions and suffering of people around the time of partition.
The story is all the more relevant in present culture of intolerance and discrimination based upon sterotyping.
If you havent read it http://www.ipaki.com/urdu/afsana/ashfaq-ahmad/gadrya/gad-1.php