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‘Literature isn’t a samosa’ – Geetanjali Shree says Tomb of Sand celebrates older women, words

Zoya Bhatti - 6 July, 2022

In a discussion in Delhi, International Booker-winner Geetanjali Shree says her book celebrates women and their lust for life, Partition is only a binder.

Partition, SRK, hijab—why Indians and Americans must watch Pakistani Ms. Marvel

Tina Das - 23 June, 2022

Muslim families have no voice in most Hollywood series, but Ms. Marvel breaks that wall. There’s Eid, 'Jalebi Baby', SRK fandom and even Partition.

‘Not all inheritances from Partition are traumatic.’ Some stories are ‘celebrations’ too

Aanchal Malhotra - 10 May, 2022

Author-historian Aanchal Malhotra's 'In the Language of Remembering' explores the legacy of Partition within Indian families today.

Is Partition still relevant? New book shows impact of the event on generations of South Asians

ThePrint Team - 5 May, 2022

Published by HarperCollins India, ‘In the Language of Remembering’ by Aanchal Malhotra will be released on 10 May on ThePrint’s Softcover.

I.S. Johar — the fun-loving, unconventional actor who became India’s first BAFTA nominee

Sukriti Vats - 10 March, 2022

Johar might be remembered for his comical roles, but he was also an astute political satirist who spared none – Gandhi family or Zia ul-Haq.

The 1907 Pagrhi Sambhal Jatta and 2020 protests had a common goal — saving farmers’ ‘hond’

Ronki Ram - 5 February, 2022

In ‘Pagrhi Sambhal Lehar to Samyukt Kisan Morcha’, academic Ronki Ram traces a century of Punjab's Kisan struggle from 1907 to 2021.

Yash Chopra tackled Partition and Hindu fundamentalism in Dharmputra, long before Garm Hava

Unnati Sharma - 23 January, 2022

Romantic heartthrob Shashi Kapoor and King of Romance Yash Chopra's first collaboration in 1961 sensitively handled Hindu-Muslim differences and religious bigotry.

Partition, my grandmother’s pain drove me to collect utensils as memory: Vikas Khanna

Vikas Khanna - 16 January, 2022

In ‘Barkat’, Vikas Khanna writes that his grandmother infused in him the values of sharing food, tinged with memories of Partition.

Split by Partition, met in 2022: Story of brothers’ reunion that’s making India-Pakistan cry

Chitleen K Sethi - 13 January, 2022

A video has gone viral of two brothers, one from India and one from Pakistan, reuniting at the Kartarpur corridor. 'India and Pakistan dissolved in those few hours,' an onlooker said.

Solution to ‘pain’ of Partition lies in undoing it, Mohan Bhagwat says

PTI - 26 November, 2021

Speaking at a book launch, RSS chief Bhagwat asserted that the country's division won't happen again and warned that those who think otherwise will 'themselves be ruined'.

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