Partition: the long shadow
The dark legacies of Partition have cast a long shadow on the lives of the people of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The borders that were drawn in 1947, and redrawn in 1971, divided not only nations and histories but also families and friends. The essays in this volume explore new ground in Partition research, looking into areas such as art, literature, migration, and notions of 'foreignness' and 'belonging'. It brings focus to hitherto unaddressed areas of Partition such as the northeast and …
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- Full title :Partition : the long shadow / edited by Urvashi Butalia.
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The dark legacies of Partition have cast a long shadow on the lives of the people of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The borders that were drawn in 1947, and redrawn in 1971, divided not only nations and histories but also families and friends. The essays in this volume explore new ground in Partition research, looking into areas such as art, literature, migration, and notions of 'foreignness' and 'belonging'. It brings focus to hitherto unaddressed areas of Partition such as the northeast and Ladakh. -- Inside jacket flap.
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- Publication Date:2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Zubaan
- Place of Publication:New Delhi
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015
The Physical Object
- Description:xviii, 270 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9383074779, 9789383074778
- oclc:on1091944521
- LC Classification:DS480.842
- Dewey Decimal:954.55204
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Converging Histories and Societal Change: The Case of Ladakh / Siddiq Wahid -- 2.From Conclusions to Beginnings: My Journey with `Partition' / Rita Kothari -- 3.A Unique Grace / Kavita Panjabi -- 4.A Good Education / Amiya Sen -- 5.Partition and the Politics of Citizenship in Assam / Sanjib Baruah -- 6.Reconstructing Marichjhapi: From Margins and Memories of Migrant Lives / Jhuma Sen -- 7.The People's Militia: Communists and Kashmiri Nationalism in the 1940s / Andrew Whitehead -- 8.Engaging Traumatic Histories: The 1947 Partition of India in Collective Memory / Sukeshi Kamra -- 9.Revisioning and `Restorying' Partition: Modes of Testimony / Tarun K. Saint -- 10.A Long Walk Out from Partition / Prajna Paramita Parasher -- 11.My Religion Is Less Violent than Yours: Myth, History and the Representation of Violence / Jyotirmaya Sharma -- 12.Bad Times and Sad Moods / Sanjeev Jain.
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