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

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

‘The Undivided’: Waris Shah has been hanged 26 times but refuses to die in Ahmad Salim’s story

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

Ahmad Salim

· Aug 16, 2017 · 06:30 pm