Generational Relationships and Zakir's Failure

The dialogue between Zakir's father and Khwaja Sahib is very revealing. It presents the disconnect and dissonance between fathers who dwell on uselessness and sons who want to change everything without really doing so. The narrative of historical events, such as the Jallianwala Bagh incident, that they talk about symbolizes memory functioning against the official narrative of history, or an uneasy alliance between the two. But this alternative history through memory also serves to show the wide gap existing between two generations who do not even share a common memory, let alone a common perspective of that history.
The fathers represent the disappointed generation of man who are desirous of political control and authority, as opposed to the sons who, while willing to disobey the macrocosm authority (besides Zakir who doesn't really exhibit any individual desire to do so) are actually just disappointed with the generation that came before them. There's this feeling of rigidity between the two where they never have a healthy exchange of ideas as they refuse to change who they are. The parents' failure in their eyes signify a failure of the state, and Zakir's father, who had a voice before partition now becomes increasingly silent because his words carry no weight.
Therefore, Zakir's failure lies not in his homelessness or state of exile, but in his failure to criticize and act, as we came to the conclusion in class that perhaps it is really apathy and listlessness which Intezaar Hussein is deeming the most violent acts as opposed to anything else.