TamasBy: Bhisham Sahni An essential novel about the 1947 Partition in a newly revised translation by Booker Prize winning translator Daisy Rockwell A Penguin Classic Bhisham Sahnis 1973 novel is a chronicle of the sectarian violence that ultimately led to the devastation of the Partition. It drew immediate and universal critical acclaim for its poignant and striking depiction of the anatomy of a bloody conflagration that comes to engulf an entire region.