{"product_id":"remnants-of-partition-21-objects-from-a-continent-divided-paperback","title":"Remnants of Partition: 21 Objects from a Continent Divided - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAanchal Malhotra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventy years on from the partition of India, a momentous event now recedes in memory. Despite being born into a family affected by the great divide, artist and oral historian Aanchal Malhotra had thought little about it until she encountered the objects her own great-grandparents had saved as they fled their homes: jewelry, kitchen utensils, photographs, and a pocketknife. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eRemnants of Partition\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique revisiting of Partition through dozens of personal belongings carried between the new India and Pakistan, amid the chaos of communal killings and mass displacement. Hidden in these objects is the memory of a time and place, a story of migration, and a life that once was. Malhotra unearths possessions from both sides of the border, interviewing their owners and uncovering a rich tapestry of struggle, sacrifice, pain, and identities forged and unforged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a string of pearls gifted by a maharaja to a young woman's poetry notebook, this is an extraordinary alternative history of Partition, both powerful and poignant. Aanchal Malhotra takes the material legacy of a unique human drama, and places it back in our hands as vivid, living memory.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAanchal Malhotra is a New Delhi-based artist and oral historian working with memory and material culture. She is the co- founder of the Museum of Material Memory, a digital repository tracing family histories and social ethnography through heirlooms, collectibles and antiques from the Indian subcontinent. This is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 456\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47290982662393,"sku":"9781787386037","price":34.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/i7W__YVy3N9781787386037.webp?v=1769155924","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/remnants-of-partition-21-objects-from-a-continent-divided-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}