Partition: The Long Shadow

by Urvashi Butalia (editor)

The Partition of British India into the nations of India and Pakistan in 1947 and the further redrawing of the borders in 1971 to create Bangladesh were major, wrenching events whose effects are still felt today in the everyday lives of people in all three nations in fundamental ways―yet these events have never been explored in all their aspects.

This volume gathers essays from scholars in a variety of fields that explore substantial new ground in Partition research, looking into such under-studied areas as art, literature, migration, and, crucially, notions of “foreignness” and “belonging,” among many others. It will be required reading for any scholars of the recent history, politics, and culture of the subcontinent.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, India, Pakistan, Essays, Feminism

272 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 2014

About the author

Urvashi Butalia is an Indian feminist and historian. She is the Director and Co-founder of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house.
Butalia was born in Ambala India in 1952. She earned a B.A. in literature from Miranda House, Delhi University in 1971, a Masters in literature from Delhi University in 1973, and a Masters in South Asian Studies from the University of London in 1977.
She worked as an editor for Zed Publishing and later went on to set up her own publishing house. Her writing has appeared in several newspapers including The Guardian, The Statesman, The Times of India and several magazines including Outlook, the New Internationalist and India Today. Butalia is a consultant for Oxfam India and she holds the position of Reader at the College of Vocational Studies at the University of Delhi.

Recently, she was also conferred a Padmashree by for her contribution to the nation.
Urvashi Butalia started Zubaan, a renowned publishing house in 2003. Zubaan is an imprint of Kali for Women.

Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urvashi_...

Reviews

[Purnata · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an excellent compendium of the experiences of all communities living along the Indian borders when the said borders were drawn to carve out the new country of India. It mainly tells the story of yore through the memories passed down to second or third generations of the families of the partition survivors. It shows how memory documents history that the pen has refused to, and the lasting wounds that the trauma of partition has left in the families of survivors.

[Mills College Library]

954.042 P2738 2015