The Partition of British India in 1947 into the new nations of India and Pakistan, and the transformation of East Pakistan into the Republic of Bangladesh, in 1971, were events characterized by violence, displacement, and multiple alienations.
In her new book, Ananya Jahanara Kabir analyses their impact, three generations later, in contemporary cultural producers representing Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Cartography, literary texts, photographs, archaeological digs, and other memorabilia are woven together to project an intriguing reconsideration of Partition which is an integral part of the subcontinent’s decolonization phase.