Chaos, boundaries, and religion - British India Partition
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 25
Partition was a tragedy. It shattered millions of hearts into bloodshed and bleating baits. “At the stroke of the midnight hour when the world sleeps India will awake to life and freedom”, this metaphor succumbed before the forces of communalism and hatred. However, like any unfortunate era, this one too has its remnants store in the memory of people, books, and archives.
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- The Chess Player by Howard Altmann: Tuesday, 13th July 2021 | 9 PM IST | Poetry
- Your Product Is A Joke: Design from Improv Comedy to make products: Wednesday, 14th June 2021 | 9 PM IST | Startups & Business
- Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans Thursday, 15th July 2021 | 9 PM IST | TED Circles
- Is marijuana as safe as we think? on legalization by Malcolm Gladwell & NewYorker Mag: Friday, 16th July 2021 | 9 PM IST | Technology
- How the partition of India happened and why its effects are still felt today?: Saturday, 17th July 2021 | 9 PM IST | History
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Sunday, 18th July 2021 | 12 PM IST 2021 | Book Discussion | Hosted by Perpetual Kalopsia
- Zero to One by Peter Theil: Sunday, 18th July 2021 | 7 PM IST 2021 | Book Discussion
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Anchal curates a list of - Books on the partition of British India and the bloodshed that followed
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Looking Back, Informing the Future: The 1947 Partition of British India - podcast by The Mittal Institute | Harvard University
The Mittal Institute presents a series of podcasts in which distinguished faculty and visiting scholars explore the history, context, and continuing impact of the Partition of India and Pakistan — one of the most violent, defining events of modern history.
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Aanchal Malhotra is an artist, writer, oral historian, and archivist. Her first book, “Remnants of a Separation,” was released on August 11, 2017. Her work explores the history of partition by documenting objects that people brought with them from both sides during the mass exodus.
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