No Woman's Land

Here for the first time are Ismat Chughati Sara Suleri Anis Kidwai Phulrenu Guha Meghna Guhathakurta Shehla Shibli Manikuntala Sen Kamlaben Patel and many others speaking and writing about communalism and literature; what they learnt from refugees; and what Partition means to them more than 50 years later. An unusual mix of memoirs interviews reminiscences and reflective essays this anthology is the first attempt to present women's perspective on the Partition of India based on the experience of three countries.