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Tag: partition
Watching Godse at the National Theatre in London: A Review of ‘The Father and the Assassin’
Playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar has attempted to touch upon a tragic episode in modern India — a story of division and hatred that has its roots in colonialism.
Book Excerpt: What Nehru’s Stance on Muslims Returning from Pakistan Tells Us
An extract from Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee's book 'Nehru and the Spirit of India'.
The Partition Paraphernalia
The essay touches upon the themes of severed familial ties and how food remains a conduit through which those relations heal somehow – sometimes even posthumously.
An Ode to Our Ancestors
A poem on the Partition and how it affected the families caught in its fallout for decades.
Contemplating Love
The author draws inspiration from bell hooks' work 'all about love' to talk of how love is a more expansive notion than just the popular references of falling in …
A Bond with Ruskin Bond
'I admired how your simple storytelling... kept me glued to the seat, till I read the end of the adventurous feat.'
Book Review: Ruskin Bond’s Ode to India
What Ruskin Bond magically presents in 'A Little Book of India' is the emotions of a man who holds dear what was earned with sweat and blood because he …
Book Review: An Assembly of Assamese Greats
Edited by Mitra Phukan, 'The Greatest Assamese Stories Ever Told' is a collection of 25 translated stories that are richly diverse and beautifully translated.
‘Who Am I To Avenge?’: My Grandfather’s Partition Memories
"It wasn’t a loss to my or someone else’s family. It was a loss to humanity."