The Train Has Reached Amritsar The Train Has Reached Amritsar The Train Has Reached Amritsar (Hindi original: "Amritsar Aa Gaya Hai") is a short story by Hindi author and playwright, Bhisham Sahni set during the Partition of India. In the story a group of refugees are travelling from what has now become Pakistan towards Amritsar, the first border town in India, and the horrors and destruction they witness on the journey. Sahni also wrote his epic novel "Tamas" (Darkness, 1974) around partition, which was later adapted to a television film, by Govind Nihalani. An English translation by Ashok Bhalla, was also part of the anthology,
Crossing Border Festival in 2013, the festival added an affiliated international technology festival, "Border Sessions," bringing in speakers, interviewing technologists and science fiction writers, and setting up meet-up events and workshops. In 2014 the "Border Sessions" technology festival ran on 12-13 November 2014, immediately preceding the main festival. The 2015 session is scheduled for 11-12 November 2015. Crossing Border Festival Crossing Border Festival is an annual festival in The Hague, Netherlands focusing on new pop music acts and literature. It is one of the largest combined music and literature festivals in Europe. The first edition took place in 1993, as a larger follow-on