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Bengal Partition literature offers more than a stereotypical discourse

It's a question that has continued to haunt till today, even after 75 years of the Partition. Cyril Radcliff, whose fateful line of demarcation divided the Indian territory into a Hindu India and a Muslim Pakistan, had never before been to India, nor had he the necessary skills for drawing…

The Times of India

Historian-author Aanchal Malhotra to tell a Partition love story in her debut novel

After penning two notable non-fictions, 'Remnants of a Separation' and 'In the Language of Remembering', author Aanchal Malhotra is all set to try her hands in writing a novel. Titled 'The Book of Everlasting Things', this is a love story which is set in the backdrop of the 1947 India-Pakistan…

The Times of India

Going to Mokama was exciting, but there was fear too: Jyoti Thottam

A journalist recounts how six Catholic nuns from Kentucky set up a hospital in Bihar in 1947

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A musical ode to Faiz’s only poem on Partition

Amira and Vasundhara explore Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s poem ‘Subh-e-Azadi’ in a sonic landscape of traditional ragas and electronically modified sounds

The Hindu

Silence at the Donmar Warehouse review: a powerful and painful Partition drama

The play is a welcome introduction to events that many would rather forget

Evening Standard

Partition and the heavy bangle of history

India and Pakistan follow different versions of the history of Partition. Moving forward collectively is still best achieved through individual stories and portrayals

The Hindu

Books & films about India's Partition

On the 75th anniversary, scholars share their favorite work that best explains the trauma of a violent division

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India and Pakistan at 75: partition remains an open wound as new friction points arise

The global arena in which the nuclear-armed neighbours confront each other is changing radically

The Guardian - US

Our ancestors chose to be beheaded than being converted during Partition: Haryana CM

He was speaking in Kurukshetra at the State-level programme organized to observe ‘Partition Horrors Remembrance Day’

The Hindu

Karnataka government under fire for dropping Nehru, Tipu from list of freedom fighters

Not included because ex-PM was responsible for Partition, says BJP

The Hindu

Partition Remembrance Day expo gets under way

Expo stalls in capital, Kollam Junction, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam Town, and Thrissur railway stations

The Hindu

Division of country was like fall of lightning on hearts of our people: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar

KURUKSHETRA: In a state-level event organized in Kurukshetra to observe Partition Horrors Remembrance Day (Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas), it was announced that world-class "Shaheedi Smarak" (martyrdom memorial) will be built by private Panchnad Smarak Trust in about 25 acres near Pipli in Kurukshetra district, to remember those who were martyred…

The Times of India

‘Finally we are together’: partition’s broken families reunite after seven decades

Social media is helping long-lost relatives discover each other after a lifetime separated by the India-Pakistan border

The Guardian - UK

PM Modi pays homage to those who lost their lives during Partition

Modi had announced last year that August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

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WEKU

75 years after India's violent Partition, survivors can cross the border — virtually

A virtual reality project helps survivors of India's Partition glimpse long-lost birthplaces they fled as children. Fraught relations between India and Pakistan mean they can't visit in person.

Daily Mirror

The bloody legacy of Pakistan's creation in witness's own words

As Pakistan celebrates its 75th anniversary, Dr Mirza Mohammed Qadeer Baig tells in his own words the repercussions caused when the British left in 1947 and the horrors of Partition

WEKU

YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border

Two Pakistani friends make videos in which those who lived through India's 1947 Partition describe loved ones they lost at the time. With viewers' help, siblings and others are reunited after decades.

Al Jazeera

75 years of India partition: How tech is opening window into past

As India-Pakistan tensions hamper visits, social media helps people connect and online projects share oral histories.

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The Conversation

At 75, Pakistan has moved far from the secular and democratic vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah

This month marks the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s independence and of its Partition from British India in a devastating process that uprooted more than 15 million people and resulted in 1 million to 2 million dead. Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs – communities that had coexisted for hundreds of years –…

The Hindu

When there was space to make a little allowance for the sentiments of others

The cinemas of Old Delhi provide a unique lens through which to recall the tradition of shared living that helped Indian cities find equilibrium after the violence of Partition

WEKU

Many Pakistanis dig the cultural nods on 'Ms. Marvel' but are mixed on casting

Pakistanis weigh in on the new Disney+ show, which features the story of Kamala Khan, a Pakistani American teen who discovers her superpowers in her grandmother's bangle.

Inverse

'Ms. Marvel' Episode 2 reveals a tragic backstory — the comics go even deeper

Episode 2 touches on the traumatic partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.

The Hindu

Woman separated from family during Partition in 1947 reunites with brothers from India at Kartarpur

Two years ago, her father’s health deteriorated and he told her that she was not his real daughter and she belonged to a Sikh family.

The Times of India

Sequel to Aanchal Malhotra's debut book 'Remnants of a Separation' out in May

After her remarkable debut book 'Remnants of a Separation' in 2017, author and oral historian Aanchal Malhotra is back with its sequel. The new book titled 'In the Language of Remembering' will be released on May 10, 2022, publisher HarperCollins India announced on April 11.

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Documentary on hockey Olympian Grahnandan Singh explores a Partition-era friendship

Bani Singh’s documentary ‘Taangh/Longing’ explores the life of her hockey champion father and the camaraderie he shared with his teammates on both sides of the Radcliffe Line

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