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ISBN-- 9788178241319 This book is an important resource for understanding the human dimension of the 1947 difisio of india . It brings gogether twenty-five first hand accounts ia intervies of those caught in the turnoil of partition. The Interviews were conducted in what was the epicentre of the violence, the city of Amritsar, which stand on the vilatile border between india and pakistan, The links of those interviewed with a specific locality provides unique insights into that city`s processes of migration and regugee resettlement, and lends a unity to the recollections that i s rare in partition literature, Even as each account possesses its unique characteristics, a number ofthemes run through the oral testimonies ; the suddenness of the uprooting, the belief that migration was only to be temporary, the sense that the violence was politically rather than culturally and religiously rooted, the m emeories of reguge recounted here is historically important as it reveals the immensely differing impact of Partition and its consequences for people`s later lives. This discmfiting fact has frequantly been obscured by master narratives of the event which continues to capture the imagination and exert a profound impact on developments within the subcontinent.
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Pages : 260
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