10 seminal novels questioning what freedom looked like after 1947

Every year, India celebrates Independence Day on August 15.

This article recommends ten storybooks that help people think about what happened when India became free in 1947.

The books are novels, which are long made-up stories.

Some stories are about the day India split into two countries, India and Pakistan.

One book, Midnight's Children, is about a boy born at the exact moment of independence.

Another, Train to Pakistan, tells about a village that receives a train full of people who did not survive.

Some books are about poor families, like Pather Panchali, and some are about people treated unfairly because of their place in society, like Untouchable.

The article says these stories show what freedom really meant to ordinary people.

Reading them is a good way to understand history through the lives of characters.