78 pages • 2 hours read
Veera HiranandaniThe Night Diary
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Chapters 21-30Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 21 Summary: “August 4, 1947”
Nisha dreams of Mama and sees the dream as a sign that Mama is listening to her.
Chapter 22 Summary: “August 5, 1947”
Kazi packs everything from the kitchen cupboards. Papa is behaving strangely. He is extra attentive to Amil and Nisha, playing several games of chess with Amil and reading stories from the Mahabharata storybook: “His voice sounded different, higher, sadder. He read slowly and didn’t stop when he was supposed to at the periods” (64). It is the first time Nisha remembers Papa reading to her and Amil. Amil says Papa is lonely, prompting a revelation for Nisha: Papa misses the times he had with Mama, and Nisha misses the time she never got to have. Amil says Papa is a terrible reader, and both he and Nisha agree Papa needs to practice. They giggle, and Nisha hopes Papa will read to them again.
