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- Based on the true events of partition of 1947, the series depicts the events of rioting and chaos in 1947.
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Sep 20, 2023 · It is impossible to talk Partition literature without mentioning M.S. Sathyu’s heartbreaking film, Garam Hava (Hot Winds) (1973). Based on the beloved Urdu writer Ismat Chughtai’s short story, the film portrays one Indian Muslim family’s rapid socioeconomic erosion in the months following Partition.
Aug 22, 2022 · BBC News, Mumbai. Sameera Chauhan was 10 years old when she discovered that there were two Punjabs - one in India and the other in Pakistan. She was told that her grandmother grew up in the part...
2 days ago · As It Happens26:49How the Partition of India shaped BBC host Mishal Husain's family history, and sense of self In her new book, BBC journalist Mishal Husain tells the story of her own family. But ...
Sep 6, 2013 · It was a journey forced upon them by Partition. They made their way from the newly-created Pakistan to India, often hiding in the fields to escape marauding mobs. In the mayhem brought about by the decision to split the country, my grandfather had got separated from the family. But they were lucky.
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- My Name is Radha: The Essential Manto’ Recommended by professor Madhur Anand, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Partition in South Asia refers to that horrific year when an arbitrary red line was drawn across a map by British colonial rulers – namely, the last viceroy, Louis Mountbatten, and Cyril Radcliffe, a barrister from England who was given five weeks to draw the line that severed India and created Pakistan.
- Midnight’s Children’ Recommended by professor Geetha Ganapathy-Dore, “Université Sorbonne Paris Nord” Salman Rushdie’s “Midnight’s Children,” which won the Booker Prize in 1981, the “Booker of Bookers” in 1993 and was judged “Best of the Bookers” in 2008, has not aged one bit.
- Train to Pakistan’ Recommended by professor Amitabh Mattoo, University of Melbourne, Australia. Khushwant Singh’s “Train to Pakistan” is one of the most moving accounts of the Partition of India and the way local communities, which had lived peacefully for generations, were torn apart by the forces of communalism.
- Earth’ Recommended by professor Ajay Verghese, Middlebury College, U.S. Deepa Mehta’s 1998 film “Earth” is a chilling story about the horrors of the Partition.
Aug 15, 2022 · Partition remains a recurring theme in the literary work of many writers as it seems to be an unresolved issue in the popular psyche on both sides of the border, according to literary experts.
Jul 26, 2017 · As India and Pakistan celebrate 70 years of independence, Andrew Whitehead looks at the lasting legacy of the Partition of British India, and the turmoil and trauma which marred the birth of the...
