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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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Mauritian Bhojpuri is being dressed in Hindu nationalist robes – and I’m in mourning
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Young professionals are fleeing crisis-hit Pakistan in hope of a better future
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Toddler says she didn’t like ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan posts video with a promise to work harder
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Watch: ‘3 Idiots’ stars Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R Madhavan comically reunite to promote new film
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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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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Toddler says she didn’t like ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan posts video with a promise to work harder
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Watch: TV host Ellen DeGeneres surprised with marriage vow renewal ceremony by wife Portia de Rossi
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Watch: This dog was taking a ride on the roof of a car in Bengaluru
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Eco India: Why are sparrows continuing to disappear from Indian cities?
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Watch: Adele moved to tears as fan shows up with picture of his late wife to her Las Vegas show
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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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Start the week with a film: Horses and a quietly thumping heart in ‘The Rider’
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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‘Jehanabad – Of Love & War’ review: A heavily spiced account of an audacious jailbreak
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‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ review: A throbbing musical about forbidden passion
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‘Faraaz’ review: A shallow exploration of 2016 Dhaka terror attack
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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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Fantasy football: Stressful or fun – is it the enjoyable hobby it was meant to be?
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Chamari Athapaththu column: Sri Lanka have never been as confident as we are ahead of this World Cup
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Premier League: Jurgen Klopp on Liverpool’s poor run of form – ‘I have no words for it’
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WPL: Mumbai Indians hire Charlotte Edwards, Jhulan Goswami, Devieka Palshikaar in coaching staff
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Mithali Raj column: India’s chances at the T20 World Cup will be largely dependent on the top order