Partition

The Many-Faced Afterlife of 1947

Partition remains a living memory and an unfinished history; an irreparable rupture whose afterlife warrants scrutiny. If we are to continue remembering Partition we must do so as a portent or…
▶31-May-2023
Pranav Kohli

How Should We Remember the Violence and Suffering of Partition?

"What does it mean then to remember the ‘horror’ of partition at a time when identities are so polarised. Do we remember only what was done to us, leaving out all that we did to others and to…
▶13-Oct-2021
Urvashi Butalia
Review Article
Book
Book Review

In the Name of the Nation

Sanjib Baruah's new book is 'a prescient ledger' of what Northeast India has become and at the same time 'a cautionary tale' of where muscular policy may take us in the rest…
▶30-Jul-2020
Sanjay Barbora

Revisiting Partition Debates

Partition debates in India drew on the League of Nations’ discussions on minorities in the nation-states created after World War I. The League’s legacy persisted beyond Partition, even making a ghost…
▶08-Apr-2020
Sanjib Baruah

Naming and Belonging

Did my Shamsi clan “come” or “convert”? What qana’at made my family remain in India after Partition? Our lives are a confection of history and happenstance. As belonging is questioned and citizenship…
▶04-Mar-2020
Maryam Sikander