Elsa Mathews reviews Unpartitioned Time: A Daughter’s Story by Malavika Rajkotia (published by Speaking Tiger, 2024). Dead men tell no tales. It is the living
Sunlight on a Broken Column by Attia Hosain is a must-read for fans of Manto, Chughtai, and Partition Literature I discovered Partition literature long after
Paper Lions, Sohan S. Koonar’s debut novel, spans three different ages and shows a beautiful, inter-generational history of independence and partition. It looks at a
Aanchal Malhotra is an Indian author and historian, best known for her work on oral history and material culture of the Partition of India in 1947. You must have started
We speak the same tongue and wear the same cotton sarees, we are fond of rice and fish, and debates over politics. We are Bengalis,
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