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- 178738120X
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- 2019-03-07
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- Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects from a Continent Divided
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Publisher
C. Hurst AND Company (Publishers) The Limited
ISBN-10
178738120X
ISBN-13
9781787381209
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28038492760
Product Key Features
Book Title
Remnants of Partition : 21 Objects from a Continent Divided
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Anthropology / General, Customs & Traditions
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
28.2 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.3 in
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2019-286975
Reviews
"A well-researched and richly readable book." -- Ramachandra Guha, author of India After Gandhi "A wonderful idea stylishly executed." -- Andrew Whitehead, former BBC India correspondent "Aanchal Malhotra evokes one of the world's great tragedies in moving, beautiful prose, woven through everyday objects treasured as relics of a shattered age." -- Shashi Tharoor, Indian MP and author of Inglorious Empire "Artfully weaves travel, memory and materials--all without guile--reminding us why India is one of the world's greatest storytelling cultures." -- Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound 'This is a book of startling originality, weaving stories of intimate connections with objects and harrowing histories of displacement into beautifully cadenced prose. It is a book to treasure.'--Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare With Amber Eyes, "This is a book of startling originality, weaving stories of intimate connections with objects and harrowing histories of displacement into beautifully cadenced prose. It is a book to treasure."--Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare With Amber Eyes"A wonderful idea stylishly executed." -- Andrew Whitehead, former BBC India correspondent "Aanchal Malhotra evokes one of the world's great tragedies in moving, beautiful prose, woven through everyday objects treasured as relics of a shattered age." -- Shashi Tharoor, Indian MP and author of Inglorious Empire "Artfully weaves travel, memory and materials--all without guile--reminding us why India is one of the world's greatest storytelling cultures." -- Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound "This is a truly original way to approach the history of Partition. Malhotra's writing is evocative and, through the finely observed details of everyday life, brings depth and empathy to understanding this event."--Yasmin Khan, author of The Great Partition "A well-researched and richly readable book." -- Ramachandra Guha, author of India After Gandhi "Aanchal Malhotra is a new star of Indian non-fiction."--William Dalrymple, "This cohort of oral historians [of the Partition] has confronted a reticence born not only of suffering but also of shame, arising from complicity, intimate betrayals--Manto's thresholds. . . . In Remnants of Partition, Aanchal Malhotra . . . devised a method to sidestep the silences." -- The New Yorker "Aanchal Malhotra's work shines a light onto a shadowy world and in so doing her book becomes a passport to another landscape, where tragedy, loss, memory and grief are slowly replaced with wonder." -- Asian Affairs "This is a book of startling originality, weaving stories of intimate connections with objects and harrowing histories of displacement into beautifully cadenced prose. It is a book to treasure."--Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare With Amber Eyes"Artfully weaves travel, memory and materials--all without guile--reminding us why India is one of the world's greatest storytelling cultures." -- Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound "This is a truly original way to approach the history of Partition. Malhotra's writing is evocative and, through the finely observed details of everyday life, brings depth and empathy to understanding this event."--Yasmin Khan, author of The Great Partition "A well-researched and richly readable book." -- Ramachandra Guha, author of India After Gandhi "[Remnants of Partition] is one of the most compelling books I have read in a long time. It is a searing account of the power of memory to shape and reshape worlds. . . . This is oral history at its best."-- Joanna Bourke, Family and Community History Journal"Aanchal Malhotra is a new star of Indian non-fiction."--William Dalrymple"A wonderful idea stylishly executed." -- Andrew Whitehead, former BBC India correspondent"Aanchal Malhotra evokes one of the world's great tragedies in moving, beautiful prose, woven through everyday objects treasured as relics of a shattered age." -- Shashi Tharoor, Indian MP and author of Inglorious Empire"This is a quietly powerful book; poignant, delicate and reflective. It is an alternative telling of the history of the Partition as a meditation on identity, belonging, and home." -- Brown Girl Magazine"This is a quietly powerful book; poignant, delicate and reflective. It is an alternative telling of the history of the Partition as a meditation on identity, belonging, and home." -- Brown Girl Magazine, "This is a book of startling originality, weaving stories of intimate connections with objects and harrowing histories of displacement into beautifully cadenced prose. It is a book to treasure."--Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare With Amber Eyes "A wonderful idea stylishly executed." -- Andrew Whitehead, former BBC India correspondent "Aanchal Malhotra evokes one of the world's great tragedies in moving, beautiful prose, woven through everyday objects treasured as relics of a shattered age." -- Shashi Tharoor, Indian MP and author of Inglorious Empire "Artfully weaves travel, memory and materials--all without guile--reminding us why India is one of the world's greatest storytelling cultures." -- Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound "This is a truly original way to approach the history of Partition. Malhotra's writing is evocative and, through the finely observed details of everyday life, brings depth and empathy to understanding this event."--Yasmin Khan, author of The Great Partition "A well-researched and richly readable book." -- Ramachandra Guha, author of India After Gandhi "[Remnants of Partition] is one of the most compelling books I have read in a long time. It is a searing account of the power of memory to shape and reshape worlds. . . . This is oral history at its best."-- Joanna Bourke, Family and Community History Journal "Aanchal Malhotra is a new star of Indian non-fiction."--William Dalrymple, "This is a book of startling originality, weaving stories of intimate connections with objects and harrowing histories of displacement into beautifully cadenced prose. It is a book to treasure."--Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare With Amber Eyes "A wonderful idea stylishly executed." -- Andrew Whitehead, former BBC India correspondent "Aanchal Malhotra evokes one of the world's great tragedies in moving, beautiful prose, woven through everyday objects treasured as relics of a shattered age." -- Shashi Tharoor, Indian MP and author of Inglorious Empire "Artfully weaves travel, memory and materials--all without guile--reminding us why India is one of the world's greatest storytelling cultures." -- Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound "This is a truly original way to approach the history of Partition. Malhotra's writing is evocative and, through the finely observed details of everyday life, brings depth and empathy to understanding this event."--Yasmin Khan, author of The Great Partition "A well-researched and richly readable book." -- Ramachandra Guha, author of India After Gandhi, "A well-researched and richly readable book." -- Ramachandra Guha, author of India After Gandhi "A wonderful idea stylishly executed." -- Andrew Whitehead, former BBC India correspondent "Aanchal Malhotra evokes one of the world's great tragedies in moving, beautiful prose, woven through everyday objects treasured as relics of a shattered age." -- Shashi Tharoor, Indian MP and author of Inglorious Empire "Artfully weaves travel, memory and materials--all without guile--reminding us why India is one of the world's greatest storytelling cultures." -- Gurcharan Das, author of India Unbound
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
954.04/2
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction 1. A Gaz For My Father and a Ghara For My Mother: The Heirlooms of Y.P. Vij 2. Between This Side and That: The Sword of Ajit Kaur Kapoor 3. Gift From a Maharaja: The Pearls of Azra Haq 4. Utensils For Survival: The Kitchenware of Balraj Bahri 5. Stones From My Soil: The Maang-Tikka of Bhag Malhotra 6. Stitches and Secrets: The Bagh of Hansla Chowdhary 7. Hereditary Keepers of the Raj: The Enduring Memories of John Grigor Taylor 8. The Light of a House That Stands No More: The Stone Plaque of Mian Faiz Rabbani 9. The Inheritance of Ceremonial Servings: The Khaas-Daan of Narjis Khatun 10. The Hockey Field I Left Behind: The Photographs of Nazeer Adhami 11. This Bird of Gold, My Land: The Hopeful Heart of Nazmuddin Khan 12. The Book of Everlasting Things: The Collection of Prof. Partha Mitter 13. Love in the Time of Nationalism: The Poems of Prabhjot Kaur 14. Memory of a Nationalist: The Pashmina Shawl of Preet Singh 15. The Lexicon of My Land Is Devoid of Emotions: The Battle-Hardened Memorabilia of Lt Gen. S.N. Sharma 16. A Heart of Mortgaged Silver: The Assorted Curios of Prof. Sat Pal Kohli 17. Stateless Heirlooms: The Hamam-Dasta of Savitri Mirchandani 18. From the Folds of Life: The Household Items of Sitara Faiyaz Ali 19. The Musical Solace in My Mother's Prayers: The Guru Granth Sahib of Sumitra Kapur 20. A Conversation of Eroded Memory: Identification Certificates of Sunil Chandra Sanyal 21. Passage to Freedom: The Worldly Trunk of Uma Sondhi Ahmad Epilogue Notes Acknowledgements Index
Synopsis
A haunting evocation of the pain and long aftermath of Partition, preserved in personal possessions carried over the border and the memories of their owners., Seventy years on from the partition of India, a momentous event now recedes in memory. Despite being born into a family affected by the great divide, artist and oral historian Aanchal Malhotra had thought little about it until she encountered the objects her own great-grandparents had saved as they fled their homes: jewelry, kitchen utensils, photographs, and a pocketknife.Remnants of Partition is a unique revisiting of Partition through dozens of personal belongings carried between the new India and Pakistan, amid the chaos of communal killings and mass displacement. Hidden in these objects is the memory of a time and place, a story of migration, and a life that once was. Malhotra unearths possessions from both sides of the border, interviewing their owners and uncovering a rich tapestry of struggle, sacrifice, pain, and identities forged and unforged. From a string of pearls gifted by a maharaja to a young woman's poetry notebook, this is an extraordinary alternative history of Partition, both powerful and poignant. Aanchal Malhotra takes the material legacy of a unique human drama, and places it back in our hands as vivid, living memory., Seventy years on from the partition of India, a momentous event now recedes in memory. Despite being born into a family affected by the great divide, artist and oral historian Aanchal Malhotra had thought little about it until she encountered the objects her own great-grandparents had saved as they fled their homes: jewelry, kitchen utensils, photographs, and a pocketknife. Remnants of Partition is a unique revisiting of Partition through dozens of personal belongings carried between the new India and Pakistan, amid the chaos of communal killings and mass displacement. Hidden in these objects is the memory of a time and place, a story of migration, and a life that once was. Malhotra unearths possessions from both sides of the border, interviewing their owners and uncovering a rich tapestry of struggle, sacrifice, pain, and identities forged and unforged. From a string of pearls gifted by a maharaja to a young woman's poetry notebook, this is an extraordinary alternative history of Partition, both powerful and poignant. Aanchal Malhotra takes the material legacy of a unique human drama, and places it back in our hands as vivid, living memory., The emotion and trauma of the Partition are buried deep, but Aanchal Malhotra has found a way to recover them. Through the possessions saved by her own great-grandparents as they fled their homes, she discovers the unique power of such objects: to unlock the secrets of a colossal human migration, and a life that once was. Remnants of Partition is a remarkable alternative history, telling the family stories hidden within items carried between the new India and Pakistan, amid chaos and violence. They uncover a rich tapestry of pain and rupture, but also of hope and connection - in belonging through belongings, and identities reforged. From a string of pearls to a young woman's poetry, this extraordinary book gives voice to the voiceless, restoring the everyday to a great drama of the twentieth century. Its power and poignancy will haunt the reader. Shortlisted for the British Academy's 2019 Al-Rodhan Prize A Hindustan Times 'India @ 70' book Shortlisted for the Hindu Lit for Life Non-Fiction Prize Shortlisted for the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize
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