Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn't know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders.
It's 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The story revolves around the separation of the Hindus, the Muslims, and the Sikhs, and the fact that Nisha’s father is Hindu and her mother was Muslim.In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition, and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided country When India was freed from British rule, the religion that one believed in became their identity.
Kazi, a close friend and the family’s cook for years, is like family to them, and they are all respectful and loving towards their grandmother, Dadi. She and her twin brother, Amil, share an unbreakable bond that only twins can have. Nisha has never met her mother, but she and her family are very close. Papa was determined to keep his family alive, and they all took care of each other when someone was sick or weak. One example is when the family went several days walking with very little or no water. There are many examples of survival throughout the story. Examples of Themes in The Night Diary Survival
Teachers may want the students to identify and illustrate two themes, one for each cell, or identify one theme and show two examples of it, one example per cell. For this activity, students will identify and illustrate two of the themes in The Night Diary. Many stories have more than one important theme. A theme is a central idea, subject, or message in a story.
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