Artnet

Partition Museum Opens Near India-Pakistan Border, Ending Decades of Silence

Seventy years after one of the most deadly and disruptive political cataclysms of modern times, the Partition Museum has opened in the Indian city of Amritsar. It is the first cultural institution ...
Asia Society

The Partition of India

NEW YORK, March 25, 2010 - "The partition of India in 1947 was the most traumatic event of the 20th century," said Jaswant Singh, an Indian politician and parliament member. "It continues to live in ...
Trinidad and Tobago Express

Ali’s new film: a love story amid India’s partition

FilmmakeR Imtiaz Ali has characterised his upcoming film Main Vaapas Aaunga as a story where “love is more, and tragedy is ...
NPR

70 Years Later, India And Pakistan Still Feel Impact Of Partition

Seventy years after the partition of India and Pakistan, both countries are still shaped by the turmoil of that time. Most estimates say that more than a million people were killed during one of the ...
CNN

‘Anti-memorials’ honor Indian Partition’s unseen victims, 75 years on

Through quiet but searing installations, artist Pritika Chowdhry reckons with violence that ripples through generations: mass displacement, rape and riots tracing back to the snaking borders that ...
WGBH

Giving Voice To Memories From 1947 Partition And The Birth Of India And Pakistan

As India and Pakistan celebrate 70 years of independence this week, the legacy of the August 1947 Partition of British-ruled India that resulted in the birth of these two nations is something both are ...
BBC

Partition: Why was British India divided 75 years ago?

Every evening since 1959, Indian and Pakistani troops have lowered their flags together at the Wagah border crossing When Britain granted India independence, 75 years ago, the territory it had ruled ...
Deadline.com

Channel 4 To Give ‘Get Back’ Treatment To Partition Of India With Colorized Doc On Lord Mountbatten & Jawaharlal Nehru Rivalry

L to R: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Lord Mountbatten and Pandit Nehru discuss partition of India 1946 Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is to give the Get ...
Los Angeles Times

Finally, a museum will document the horrors of partition that many Indians and Pakistanis want to forget

Reporting from Amritsar, India — Amolak Swani’s knobby fingers gripped a cane as she shuffled into the room, her daughter holding her at the elbow. She settled into a chair with a sigh and began ...
The Economist

The unfinished Partition of India and Pakistan

EVERY year in mid-August India and Pakistan celebrate their independence in much the same way. School kids sing anthems; politicians make speeches; soldiers rattle sabres. The two countries share a ...
The Diplomat

Remembering the Partition of India

The partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 is, in a big way, the source of many of the troubles that the region witnesses today. Much literature has been produced narrating the man-made tragedy ...