Sandeep Chahal is an avid scholar of contemporary literature with a voracious penchant for research and studies in English Literature. – Disney Brar, The Hindustan Times, September 8, 2005 – Anju Agnihotri, The Indian Express, September 25, 2004īe it plight turmoil of Iraqi citizens post US-Iraq war or the fate of a girl child in Arabian and Asian Countries, Basra Ki Galiyan Openly attacks the oil politics and gimmicks of the developed countries which try to subjugate the third world countries. The first novel on the estranged US-Iraq relationship by an Indian in any Indian Language. Ajay Sharma has succeeded in bringing these two worlds together in his book Basra Ki Galiyan. Two worlds, both powerful in their own right but estranged in thoughts, beliefs, ideas and war Dr. – Manpreet Randhawa, Hindustan Times, July 28, 2007 highlights social realism, mental conflict and the deep psychological insight of an Indian doctor in a city torn apart by the US-Iraq war. – Dharmendra Joshi, The Tribune, July 20, 2007Īn English translation of Dr Ajay Sharma’s novel Basra Ki Galiyan. It is also a stinging attack on oil politics and arm twisting technique of the developed countries to dominate the developing nations. Dr Sharma has successfully created a microcosm out of a macrocosm by drawing an exquisite parallel between the Vietnam-US war and US-Iraq imbroglio. Interestingly, the novel, plot of which deals with the invasion of Iraq in 2003 by USA. Sandeep Chahal, PG Department of English, Doaba College Jalandhar has translated the work, now titled as Basra Streets. The high school scene, the shifting statements to police, the prejudices, the sketchy alibis, the scant forensic evidence - all of it leads back to the most basic questions: How can you know a person’s character? How can you tell what they’re capable of? In Season One of Serial, she looks for answers.Dr Ajay Sharma’s acclaimed work Basra Ki Galiyan has become the first contemporary Hindi novel to be translated into English. She discovered that the trial covered up a far more complicated story than the jury – or the public – ever got to hear. Sarah Koenig sorted through thousands of documents, listened to trial testimony and police interrogations, and talked to everyone she could find who remembered what happened between Adnan Syed and Hae Min Lee. Some people believe he’s telling the truth.
But Adnan has always maintained he had nothing to do with Hae’s death. The case against him was largely based on the story of one witness, Adnan’s friend Jay, who testified that he helped Adnan bury Hae's body. Her 17-year-old ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, was arrested for the crime, and within a year, he was sentenced to life in prison. A high-school senior named Hae Min Lee disappeared one day after school in 1999, in Baltimore County, Maryland. A month later, her body was found in a city park.
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