LOOKING BACK
THE 1947 PARTITION OF INDIA 70 YEARS ON
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Edited by Rakshanda Jalil, Tarun K Saint and Debjani Sengupta
This newly edited volume of writings on Partition includes poetry, fiction, reportage, film criticism and essays on music, providing a rich and varied account of a traumatic past. It addresses the experiences of Dalits and Adivasis and explores the ways in which third- and fourth-generation descendants of Partition refugees are developing new ways to tell stories that have been repressed.
Orient Blackswan, 396 pages, Rs 1,095
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