Human History of Partition: Not Lines on Maps, But Stories, Memories & Objects (Video)
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Ahmedabad University
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In this session of The Conversation Series, Aanchal Malhotra, an artist, and oral historian, and Co-Founder of the Museum of Material Memory, brings Partition alive through stories of memories and helps us understand the personal narratives around the painful migration.
The author of two books on oral histories of the memories of Partition addresses questions such as: What objects did people take with them when they fled across these new borders? What memories have grown around those mundane objects? What memories have been inherited by the descendants of those who fled? Why do we need to dig into these memories, 75 years after Partition?
The session was held on Saturday 15 October 2022.