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Topic: Partition

Baggi, bandhgalas, baajas—Sohan Lal & Sons Ghori Wala pioneered the baraati band in Delhi

Sohan Lal Ahuja's baraati bands would play famous songs such as Mera Joota Hai Japani and Sir Par Topi Lal along with filmy marriage songs like Raja ki Aayegi Baraat.

I am an Indian Muslim watching Pakistan fall apart. I am glad my family didn’t migrate in 1947

If the Muslims of 1947 had the foresight to understand the contrasting trajectories of India and Pakistan, would they have made the same choice to migrate to Pakistan?

Historians forget that Partition cut through Assam, Tripura as well. It went on for 24 years

Kishalay Bhattacharjee's 'Where the Madness Lies' examines what it means to be an 'other' in one’s own country.

Delhi’s Partition Museum remembers pain of separation—through artefacts, images, personal items

Dara Shikoh Library Building in Old Delhi is the site of India's second Partition Museum, after Amritsar. Much of the material has been acquired through archives of artist Amar Nath Sahgal.

A torn petticoat, Phulkari, art — Delhi’s Partition Museum pays poignant homage to displaced lives

The soon-to-be-opened Partition Museum, set in Delhi’s Dara Shikoh Library, tells stories of pain, hope, and courage through artefacts, photos, letters, and oral histories.

Sir Ganga Ram built a hospital when others did charity in the name of religion

Despite all the turbulence of Partition and subsequent communal bad blood, the hospital still continues in Lahore.

Citizenship took a back seat to the Partition, ‘Indianess’ was never fully defined

Book launch of ‘Where the Madness Lies: Citizen Accounts of Identity and Nationalism’ by Kishalaya Bhattacharjee sparked conversations on citizenship, marginalisation, caste.

Viceroys to Rekha to Yash Chopra—Ushnak Mal silk saris a hot favourite for over 100 yrs

Celebrities such as Nutan, Sharmila Tagore, and Rekha were patrons of the silk shop. Recently, Alia Bhatt and Bhumi Pednekar patronised its collections too.

How Maharaja Hari Singh’s indecision led to Pakistan’s economic blockade of Kashmir

In 'Gilded Cage: Years that Made and Unmade Kashmir', author Sandeep Bamzai looks back at the years leading to and following the Partition.

Bengal Partition stories aren’t like Punjab. You won’t find violence, but a world was lost

In 'The Bleeding Border', editors Joyjit Ghosh and Mir Ahammad Ali give a rare insight into the nature of Bengal partition.

On Camera

Sudan shows what happens when the world is happy to let mass killers rule

Fourteen million refugees, and 25 million facing acute hunger, should be reason enough for the world to dismantle the dystopia in Sudan — even if the sadism of its rulers is not.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.