partition

Chronicling Partition with Intizar Husain
A recently translated novel brings a new perspective on Partition to the English-speaking world.
Priyanka Lindgren | Mar 17, 2020

Echoes of Pakistan in Indian polls
Frenzied use of communal card signals the weakening of democracy.
Pervez Hoodbhoy | May 06, 2019

Where is Arsalan Miyan?
A short story about the psychological cost of violence. [WITH AUDIO READING]
Juanita Kakoty | Apr 27, 2018

Finding lost heritage
Amardeep Singh’s travelogue opens new windows into the Subcontinent’s common heritage.
Beena Sarwar | Aug 03, 2016

Remembering our own
The Blood Telegram by Gary J Bass reminds us that 1971 is an evolving story.
Garga Chatterjee | Sep 07, 2015

Partition on the sand
A new book on the people of Banni, a desert region in a corner of Gujarat, examines them as a distinct cultural unit.
Nandita Bhavnani | Jun 10, 2014

Partition’s incomplete stories
Vishwajyoti Ghosh curates a collection of graphic narratives that capture the layered history of Partition.
Vijay Prashad | Mar 03, 2014

Between Qaum and the nation
Faisal Devji traces the development of Muslim nationalism and makes provocative claims about the movement for Pakistan.
Vijay Prashad | Sep 15, 2013

Memories of a land divided
A historian reflects on the challenges of reconstructing the lesser-known history of the Sylhet Partition many decades after the event.
Anindita Dasgupta | Mar 18, 2013

Recovering Sylhet
The loss and recovery of the history of Sylhet, and a close look at Partition historiography in contemporary India.
Binayak Dutta | Nov 22, 2012
