Match List – I with List – II.

List – I (Text)	List – II (Author)
(A) The Collaborator	(I) Amandeep Sandhu
(B) The Garden of Solitude	(II) Shahnaz Bashir
(C) Roll of Honour	(III) Siddhartha Gigoo
(D) The Half Mother	(IV) Mirza Waheed

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct option is (A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(I), (D)-(II).

Let us explore the details of each book and its author to understand the correct pairings:
1. (A) The Collaborator matches with (IV) Mirza Waheed:
The Collaborator is the acclaimed debut novel by Kashmiri British writer Mirza Waheed, published in 2011. The story is set in a remote village near the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan and centers on a teenage boy caught in the midst of the Kashmir conflict.
2. (B) The Garden of Solitude matches with (III) Siddhartha Gigoo:
The Garden of Solitude is a novel written by Siddhartha Gigoo, published in 2011. It depicts the migration and exile of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in the early 1990s, focusing on the struggles, memories, and hopes of a young protagonist named Sridar.
3. (C) Roll of Honour matches with (I) Amandeep Sandhu:
Roll of Honour is a novel by Amandeep Sandhu, published in 2012. Set in a military boarding school in Punjab during the turbulent year of 1984, the book explores themes of identity, political polarization, and the impact of regional conflict on young students.
4. (D) The Half Mother matches with (II) Shahnaz Bashir:
The Half Mother is a novel by Shahnaz Bashir, published in 2014. The story chronicles the harrowing journey of Haleema, a mother searching for her son who has been subjected to enforced disappearance in conflict-ridden Kashmir, illustrating the tragic concept of "half-mothers" in the region.

By compiling these associations, we obtain the correct match sequence:
(A) - (IV)
(B) - (III)
(C) - (I)
(D) - (II)