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1971: Political Realities and People's Memories - Diven Nagpal
A classroom resource that sets a detailed outline of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
History for Peace
Dec 29, 202127 min read
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Life and Times - A Classroom Resource
A classroom resource exploring the many facets of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, drawing from a conversation between Salima Hashmi and Kavita Panjabi.
History for Peace
Dec 29, 20215 min read
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Forgotten Histories: Hyderabad’s Annexation to India - Sreemoyee Mukherjee
A resource on Operation Polo—its contexts and aftereffects. Based on a History for Peace talk by Yunus Lasania.
History for Peace
Dec 29, 202120 min read
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Witness to Loss: S.L. Parasher's Partition Line Drawings
by Rajosmita Roy Download the complete module here You can access the recording from which this module emerges here:...
History for Peace
Oct 9, 20211 min read
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Lost in Transition: A Narrative of Non-Existence - Puja Bose
A module tracing the predicament of the indigenous Buddhist Chakma refugees from former East Pakistan, now stateless in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Oct 8, 202125 min read
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Some Facts and Perspectives on the Partition - Suchandra Bose
A module based on a talk by Rajmohan Gandhi that closely and diversely lays out the context of the 1947 Partition.
History for Peace
Oct 8, 202123 min read
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Amrita Pritam and the Pain of the Partition - Sanjukta Bose
A module that looks at varied responses to the event of Partition, through poetry.
History for Peace
Oct 8, 202111 min read
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Partitioning Women in the World of Men: A Study of Qurratulain Hyder's Works - Diptarka Datta
A module exploring the 'long shadow' of the Partition on its survivors, through the years, via select literature by Qurratulain Hyder.
History for Peace
Oct 8, 202119 min read
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Pre-Partition India: A Rich, Creative Legacy
A video recording of the session and the PPT used therein are available on request. Please write to us at info@historyforpeace.pw for the...
History for Peace
Jul 12, 20218 min read
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Gandhara: From where Art and Ideas travelled across the World
A video recording of the session and the PPT used therein are available on request. Please write to us at info@historyforpeace.pw for the...
History for Peace
Jul 12, 20214 min read
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THE INDIAN MEMORY PROJECT - Anusha Yadav
This talk was delivered as part of the Shared Histories conference, Chandigarh on 3 May 2019. Visit the Partition stories on the Indian...
History for Peace
Apr 14, 202127 min read
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Time Travelling through Art: Plassey to Partition
Museum Learning Series II. Presented by History for Peace, Achi Association and DAG Museums.
History for Peace
Mar 15, 20212 min read
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Witness to Loss: Parasher's Partition's Sketches
Prajna Parasher is a filmmaker/scholar & multimedia artist practicing at the shifting intersection of classical thought & new technologies.
History for Peace
Feb 22, 20214 min read
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Amrita Pritam and the Pain of the Partition: Nirupama Dutt & Urvashi Butalia in conversation
Find the Research Paper emerging out of this talk here: https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/amrita-pritam-and-the-pain-of-the-partition-s...
History for Peace
Dec 14, 20202 min read
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Lost in Transition: Narratives of Non-existence - Deepak K. Singh
Deepak K Singh is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
History for Peace
Nov 16, 20202 min read
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Conference Proceedings
Every year, History for Peace organises an International Conference on Teaching History, inviting participants from all over the...
History for Peace
Oct 27, 20203 min read
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The PeaceWorks School Curriculum-Literature
One of the objectives of the History for Peace project is to explore interdisciplinary ways of teaching. We believe that no subject can...
History for Peace
Oct 27, 20201 min read
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The Sound of Falling Leaves: Qurratulain Hyder's Narratives of Dispossession - Aamer Hussein
Find the Research Paper emerging out of this talk here: https://www.historyforpeace.pw/post/partitioning-women-in-the-world-of-men-a-stud...
History for Peace
Oct 20, 20201 min read
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Between state narratives and people’s memories of 1971 - Anam Zakaria
'While Pakistan saw 1971 through the sense of loss, similar to how India saw 1947, for Bangladesh, 1971 marked bloodshed, but also the...
History for Peace
Oct 20, 20202 min read
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Some Forgotten Realities of the Partition Story: Rajmohan Gandhi
Presented by History for Peace in collaboration with Karwaan - The Heritage Exploration Initiative. The year 1947 is as evocative of...
History for Peace
Oct 13, 20201 min read
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