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Aanchal Malhotra
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With face to face interviews ruled out during the pandemic, how are oral historians coping?
From online conversations of virtual reality, technology is substituting for travel and personal meetings.
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‘The Partition generation that migrated to Britain is in no-man’s land when it comes to belonging’
An interview with Kavita Puri, whose ‘Partition Voices’ chronicles the unique stories of Partition refugees who migrated to Britain.
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Meet the British-born Sikh publishers whose books nurture the legacy of both the Punjabs
No publisher like Kashi House, focussing the entirety of its list on undivided Punjab, exists in either India or Pakistan.
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Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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‘Kill all the British sucking Indian blood’: The canny poster propaganda used by Japan in WWII
The Japanese astutely evoked moments of misery under the Raj to exhort Indians to rise up against the British.
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A teenager traces her Indian great-great grandmother’s life as an indentured labourer in Fiji
Through a few tangible objects, and memories handed down generations, Hemanshi Kumar remembers the life of Raj Pali.
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Seventy-one years on, the Partition is inflicting fresh trauma – on those who document its horrors
Oral historians in the subcontinent are paying a steep price for recording personal histories of violence, death and grief.
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Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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How my book brought together two families, divided by Partition and united by a house
Shared histories, deep loss and a love for Kehkashan, a cottage in Dalhousie run deep between a Pakistan and Indian family.
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How some families’ material memories are re-creating the history of the Partition
A journey through the artefacts carried, and left behind, by those who migrated in 1947.
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Kapur and Kapoor: Two friends survived Partition and changed the way Indians drank tea and coffee
Hitkari Pottery was once found in every middle class china cabinet and bridal trousseau in the country.
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The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Jamun: The humble fruit that holds a special place in India’s history and mythology
Its deep purple colour has stained many a memory.
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If there’s a heaven, it’s just opened its first independent bookshop
If you believe in an afterlife, you have to believe that these three pioneering booksellers have set up shop together.
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‘I don’t love Delhi’: Meet the capital’s most compelling chronicler, Mayank Austen Soofi
The popular writer-blogger talks about Delhi, Marcel Proust, and his days as a hotel waiter.
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The Field
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May