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A review by saumyaisreading101
Remnants of a separation: A history of the partition through material history by Aanchal Malhotra
5.0
Partition/Divide/Batwara. Three different words but having equally devastating connotations.
“These Stories strive to appreciate the objects in its totality”
Remnants of A Separation by Aanchal Malhotra is the first non fiction partition related book that I have ever read. I wanted to read this book because I haven’t grown up listening to the stories from the other side of the border since my maternal as well as paternal families have been based in India right from the beginning.
Picking this book up, I didn’t quite know what to expect but I was excited all the same.
A book that takes one back to the time of the Indian Partition through the objects that were carried across the borders or survived serendipitously when people fled their homelands is certainly a unique concept. As the author mentions that objects have the power to evoke the memories from the past buried in the deepest recesses of the heart most effortlessly, I completely second that having experienced it myself.
Read my complete review at : http://preciselysaumyas.com/remnantsofaseparationbyaanchalmalhotra/
“These Stories strive to appreciate the objects in its totality”
Remnants of A Separation by Aanchal Malhotra is the first non fiction partition related book that I have ever read. I wanted to read this book because I haven’t grown up listening to the stories from the other side of the border since my maternal as well as paternal families have been based in India right from the beginning.
Picking this book up, I didn’t quite know what to expect but I was excited all the same.
A book that takes one back to the time of the Indian Partition through the objects that were carried across the borders or survived serendipitously when people fled their homelands is certainly a unique concept. As the author mentions that objects have the power to evoke the memories from the past buried in the deepest recesses of the heart most effortlessly, I completely second that having experienced it myself.
Read my complete review at : http://preciselysaumyas.com/remnantsofaseparationbyaanchalmalhotra/