A review by tiffanyc
Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory by Aanchal Malhotra

informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

The partition of India forced millions of people to leave their homes. This book is reminiscent of those times and the objects people took with them. Aanchal Malhorta explores material memory - the mundane objects of kitchenwares, cloth, currency, extravagant jewelry. It is beautiful to read how significant these objects meant and the stories behind them, some of a happier and safer time. But the power of material memory opens the wounds of tragedy and acts of violence, the riots, the brutal slaughter of innocent people is still to this day shocking and deeply unsettling.