An empire is toppling. Years of brutal oppression, divide-and-rule, are culminating in terror and a tragedy of biblical proportions. Param Singh mounts his horse. Looping the reins across a wrist, he turns and bends down to lift his little daughter from his wife’s hands, the child’s arms and legs already waving with excitement, loving these […]
Partition
Assassination, Partition and Identity
‘Schools don’t teach us about Indian history or Independence,’ complain thousands in the Indian Diaspora. All those keen to learn more about their historical and social inheritance, should immediately get themselves a copy of the recently published book Exhumation, subtitled The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra, and written by the actor Leena Dhingra; […]
Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects from a Continent Divided
“We can bear the pain only by possessing something that belongs to that instant.” (Orhan Pamuk. Museum of Innocence) Book reviewing is hardly my craft but occasionally some books come along, demanding attention, time, and a place in our lives. Remnants of Partition by Aanchal Malhotra is one such book. Partition, the cataclysmic event still reverberating […]