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Articles - PARTITIONSSERIES

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Oct 5, 202033 min read

Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Life & Times - Salima Hashmi in Conversation with Kavita Panjabi

This conversation is part of our digital series 'Political Partitions: Human Stories'. A conversation between artist and social activist...