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History for Peace
Dec 29, 202127 min read
1971: Political Realities and People's Memories - Diven Nagpal
A classroom resource that sets a detailed outline of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
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History for Peace
Dec 29, 20215 min read
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.
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History for Peace
Dec 29, 202120 min read
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.
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History for Peace
Oct 9, 20211 min read
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:...
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Oct 8, 202125 min read
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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History for Peace
Oct 8, 202123 min read
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.
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History for Peace
Oct 8, 202111 min read
Amrita Pritam and the Pain of the Partition - Sanjukta Bose
A module that looks at varied responses to the event of Partition, through poetry.
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History for Peace
Oct 8, 202119 min read
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.
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History for Peace
Jul 12, 20218 min read
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...
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History for Peace
Jul 12, 20214 min read
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...
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History for Peace
Apr 14, 202127 min read
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...
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History for Peace
Mar 15, 20212 min read
Time Travelling through Art: Plassey to Partition
Museum Learning Series II. Presented by History for Peace, Achi Association and DAG Museums.
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History for Peace
Feb 22, 20214 min read
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.
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History for Peace
Dec 14, 20202 min read
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...
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History for Peace
Nov 16, 20202 min read
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.
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History for Peace
Oct 27, 20203 min read
Conference Proceedings
Every year, History for Peace organises an International Conference on Teaching History, inviting participants from all over the...
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History for Peace
Oct 27, 20201 min read
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...
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History for Peace
Oct 20, 20201 min read
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...
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History for Peace
Oct 20, 20202 min read
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...
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History for Peace
Oct 13, 20201 min read
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...
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