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Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory
by Aanchal Malhotra
There are books that feel good even before you've read them. The premise might be alluring, the print and the illustrations might be inviting, or the cover art might be inordinately beautiful. Aanchal Malhotra's Remnants of a Separation has all of these three, and more.
Remnants of a Separation is a unique narrative on the partition of India. The stories bring the gruesome and uncertain nature of the events to light in a form that lends a very human feel to partition. They terrorize, overwhelm, amuse and often reveal how despite the artificial boundaries of religion or nation, human beings continue to retain a love for their roots. The book not only paints a vivid picture of human resilience in the face of the worst of atrocities but also of vulnerability to painful memories embedded deep into one's soul even when on the surface things seem to have healed.
“Memory dilutes, but the object remains unaltered.”
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The detailed review for this book can be found at https://sumitbhagat.substack.com/ , where I regularly write about books, long-forms & stuff from around the web in the form of a short (<5 min), fortnightly e-mail newsletter. Please do subscribe if you like.
Remnants of a Separation is a unique narrative on the partition of India. The stories bring the gruesome and uncertain nature of the events to light in a form that lends a very human feel to partition. They terrorize, overwhelm, amuse and often reveal how despite the artificial boundaries of religion or nation, human beings continue to retain a love for their roots. The book not only paints a vivid picture of human resilience in the face of the worst of atrocities but also of vulnerability to painful memories embedded deep into one's soul even when on the surface things seem to have healed.
“Memory dilutes, but the object remains unaltered.”
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The detailed review for this book can be found at https://sumitbhagat.substack.com/ , where I regularly write about books, long-forms & stuff from around the web in the form of a short (<5 min), fortnightly e-mail newsletter. Please do subscribe if you like.