Seventy-five years after she was separated from her family during the violence at the time of the Partition, a woman born in a Sikh family who was adopted and raised by a Muslim couple met her...

A member of the Indian hockey team that won gold in the 1948 Olympics had migrated from Lahore during the Partition. When he suffered a stroke six decades later, his tenacious struggle to recover insp...

Book: The Violence in our Bones: Mapping the Deadly Fault Lines within Indian Society Author: Neera Chandhoke Publisher: Aleph Price: Rs 699 Contrary to the popular perception that ‘we live ...

Few countries are as familiar with the trauma of mass killings as India, whose modern incarnation was born from the womb of one of history’s most brutal amputations. Yet, there is growing eviden...

None of the five participants of the show, The Legacy of Loss: Perspectives on the Partition of Bengal, recently hosted by the Kolkata Centre for Creativity and Kolkata Partition Museum Trust, wa...

“Your grandfather left us to live with termites for all the times to come.” This is what a man told me in an email after an article of mine, published on another platform, had evidently ne...

Turn the page Sir — It is true that public libraries in India, which served as reservoirs of knowledge for ages, are struggling to remain relevant and sustain themselves in the digital age (&ld...

The tweet drew criticism from many quarters. The statement was seen as an attempt at reopening old wounds and polarising people, especially in the run-up to the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. A...

The prime minister’s address on Independence Day may have been colourless but he did make a singular announcement a day before. August 14, Narendra Modi declared, would be remembered as ‘P...

Old divisions Sir — The prime minister has declared that August 14 will henceforth serve as a reminder of the horrors of Partition (“Partition rabbit out of PM hat”, Aug 15). The de...