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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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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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Lok Sabha polls top updates: BJP fields Narayan Rane from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg constituency
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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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: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout’ review: A bland cop meets a dull case
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‘Juna Furniture’ trailer: Mahesh Manjrekar directs and stars in film about ageing
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
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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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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury
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Badminton: Kento Momota, former world champion, announces international retirement
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju drops to second after draw against Fabiano Caruana
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Endgame: Indian Grandmasters are daring to dream at the 2024 Candidates