Partition Of India

Govt oppression of Muhajir political activists continues in Pakistan

The oppression of the Muhajir political activists in Pakistan -- Muslim immigrants who migrated from various regions of India after the Partition of India, has continued in the country

Echoes of many partitions

Aanchal Malhotra evocatively recreates the emotional responses of survivors and subsequent generations

'Tragic period': PM Modi pays homage on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to all the people who lost their lives during the partition of India and Pakistan."Today, on #PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay, I pay homage to all those who lost their lives during partition, and applaud the resilience as well as grit of all those who suffered during that tragic period of our history," PM Modi said in a tweet.PM Modi had last year announced that August 14 will be observed as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day' to remind the nation of the sufferings and sacrifices of Indians during the partition in 1947."Partition's pains can never be forgotten. Millions of our sisters and brothers were displaced and many lost their lives due to mindless hate and violence. In memory of the struggles and sacrifices of our people, August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day," PM Modi had said.Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday inaugurated an exhibition on the theme 'Horrors of Partition' at the Parliament Library ...

Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand 1st Hindi novel to win International Booker

Tomb of Sand', originally Ret Samadhi', is set in northern India and follows an 80-year-old woman in a tale the Booker judges dubbed a "joyous cacophony" and an "irresistible novel".

Choosing to remember

Memorialising in order to prevent history from repeating itself sounds like an honourable intention, but the nature of memory is fraught with chaos

How local politics and nationalism shaped football as we know it today

The sport, which began capturing global imagination just after World War I, has been used as a platform to make political and racial statements and broadcast ethnic identities

Perspectives on Partition

How would our understanding of history change if we learnt from the stories and perspectives of marginalised caste, linguistic and racial identities?

A discovery of India

Book review of The Lost Homestead: My Mother, Partition and the Punjab

The perfect match

Why is a story set in 1951- shortly after the Partition- being retold in 2020? The legacy of the Partition is acutely felt even today.

A Pakistani in Bangladesh

This book is a great addition to the already rich literature on 1971 and its aftereffects

Review: Bahawalpur tells the history of a kingdom that acceded to Pakistan

An account of a kingdom that acceded to Pakistan offers a useful way to understand tensions within Pakistani society in shaping its history

UK court dismisses Pak's claim over Nizam's funds; rules in favour of India

The dispute revolves around 1,007,940 pounds and nine shillings transferred in 1948 from the then Nizam of Hyderabad to the high commissioner in Britain of the newly-formed state of Pakistan

Who is to blame for India's partition? Above all, imperial Britain

The death toll has been estimated at 200,000 to two million

How Partition of India happened and why its effects are still felt today

Partition triggered riots, mass casualties and a colossal wave of migration