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- Remnants of a separation. It is an alternative history of the Partition -- the first and only one told through material memory that makes the event tangible even seven decades later. Sep 20, 2018 · Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory by Aanchal Malhotra is another instance of revisiting the Partition through the things that remain. It is an alternative telling of the history of the Partition as a mediation on identity, belonging and home. ' Remnants of a Separation is by far one of the most intriguing alternative histories of the Partition' — Gayatri Manu, The Better India 'This is a quietly powerful book; poignant, delicate and reflective. The revised edition, published August 2018, has twenty-one individuals from India, Pakistan and England remembering ftheir families, journeys and historical events. ' — Israa Nasir, Brown Girl Mag Aug 30, 2018 · Remnants of a Separation is a unique attempt to revisit the Partition through objects that refugees carried with them across the border. Sep 5, 2017 · Written as a crossover between history and anthropology, Remnants of a Separation tells stories from both sides of the border and is the product of years of painstaking and passionate research. These objects absorbed the memory of a time and place, remaining latent and undisturbed for generations. Aug 10, 2017 · Remnants of a Separation is a unique attempt to revisit the Partition through objects that refugees carried with them across the border. Remnants of a Separation is a unique attempt to revisit the Partition through objects that refugees carried with them across the border. . These belongings absorbed the memory of a time and place, remaining latent and undisturbed for generations. Feb 9, 2024 · "Remnants of a Separation" by Aanchal Malhotra is a poignant exploration of the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan, as seen through the personal belongings carried across the newly drawn borders by those who lived through it. Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory by Aanchal Malhotra is another instance of revisiting the Partition through the things that remain. The revised edition, published August 2018, has twenty-one individuals from India, Pakistan and England remembering their families, journeys and historical events. Oct 14, 2023 · Written as a crossover between history and anthropology, Remnants of a Separation is the product of years of passionate research. What is specific about Remnants of a Separation is that it retells the narrative of the objects that crossed the border in 1947, intertwining it with the lives of the immigrants who carried it and the socio-cultural relevance it held. Aanchal Malhotra’s book tries to address this question: what objects do people take with them when they are leaving/fleeing their homes with the full knowledge that they will never return? Aug 30, 2018 · She is the co-founder of the Museum of Material Memory, and the author of two critically acclaimed books, Remnants of a Separation and In the Language of Remembering, that explore the human history and generational impact of the 1947 Partition. It was published as a book of non-fiction titled Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition of India through Material Memory (HarperCollins, 2017) within the Indian subcontinent, and Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects from a Continent Divided (Hurst, 2019) in the rest of the world. Remnants of a Separation is a unique attempt to revisit the Partition through such objects carried across the border. mmhdq tpymfxp xmzch sjq gnebqzm fhtx togxg yuav jgtrzuh ggse