When Gandhi told British birth control activists that contraceptives were a sin

An exhibition at the London School of Economics sheds light on how India, Pakistan and Bangladesh were made.

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri

· Sep 23, 2017 · 03:30 pm

Working on the BFI India archive meant several moments of ‘open-mouthed astonishment’

India on Film 1844-1947, the British Film Institute’s archive of footage shot in India during the Raj, is a revealing archive of the country’s past.

Preti Taneja

· Sep 11, 2017 · 01:30 pm

August 15 is a character in K Balachander’s ‘Achamillai Achamillai’

The renowned filmmaker’s critique of political corruption is savagely funny.

Sruthi Ganapathy Raman

· Sep 02, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Partition love story: A Muslim woman finds love with a Sikh man, but there is no happy ending

The tale of Buta Singh and Zainab embodies the tragedy of 1947, and is calling for a Bollywood producer.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Aug 27, 2017 · 12:30 pm

The DD Files: When Shyam Benegal brought India’s entire history to TV screens in ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’

Benegal’s monumental series, based on ‘The Discovery of India’, is Nehruvian in scope and its lapses.

Mridula Chari

· Aug 20, 2017 · 09:15 am

Assam tea workers who hoisted tricolour bare-chested while shouting slogans booked for disrespect

The labourers were protesting closure of the garden and denial of benefits.

Arunabh Saikia

· Aug 19, 2017 · 12:30 pm

‘An Evening in Lahore’: The Partition cannot breach a friendship in Navtej Singh’s short story

One of a special selection of four short stories about Independence and Partition, by writers from India and Pakistan.

Navtej Singh

· Aug 19, 2017 · 06:00 am

Memories of August 15, 1947, the tug of war of accession, and intrigue in Pakistan

Poet and writer Keki N Daruwalla was 10 years old when India gained freedom (and 11 when Gandhi was assassinated).

Keki N Daruwalla

· Aug 18, 2017 · 06:30 pm

‘Ganga Ram’: Pre-Partition memories live on in Pakistani writer Azra Waqar’s poignant story

One of a special selection of four short stories about Independence and Partition, by writers from India and Pakistan.

Azra Waqar

· Aug 18, 2017 · 05:30 am

Migration and gunfire are young poets’ material for writing about the Partition

A gathering of poets at ‘Museum of Memories: Remembering Partition’ opened up a dialogue.

Nabina Das

· Aug 17, 2017 · 10:35 pm

‘Grass’: In Kulwant Singh Virk’s story, an abducted woman wants a family around her in a new country

One of a special selection of four short stories about Independence and Partition, by writers from India and Pakistan.

Kulwant Singh Virk

· Aug 17, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Should she, shouldn’t she? A graphic story of crossing borders years after the Partition

An excerpt from an anthology of narratives about the Partition and after.

Syeda Farhana

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Nitesh Mohanty

· Aug 17, 2017 · 08:30 am