Partition: The Long Shadow

Essays on the enduring legacies of partitionThe dark legacies of partition have cast a long shadow on the lives of people of India Pakistan and Bangladesh. The borders that were drawn in 1947 and redrawn in 1971 divided not only nations and histories but also families and friends. The essays in this volume explore new ground in Partition research looking into areas such as art literature migration and notions of 'foreignness' and 'belonging'. It brings focus to hitherto unaddressed areas of partition such as the northeast and Ladakh. About the Author Urvashi Butalia is one of the foremost scholars of partition. Contributors include Siddiq Wahid Rita Kothari Kavita Panjabi Vishwajyoti Ghosh Sanjib Baruah Jhuma Sen andrew Whitehead Sukeshi Kamra Tarun K. Saint Prajna Paramita Parasher Jyotirmaya Sharma Alok Sarin Sarah Ghani and Sanjeev Jain.