Research Catalog

Title

Partition voices : untold British stories / Kavita Puri.

Author

Puri, Kavita

Publication

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

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Details

Description

xiii, 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 25 cm

Summary

Dotted across homes in Britain are people who were witnesses to one of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century. Yet their memory of India's partition has been shrouded in silence. Kavita Puri's father was twelve when he found himself one of the millions of Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims caught up in the devastating aftermath of a hastily drawn border. For seventy years he remained silent--like so many--about the horrors he had seen. When her father finally spoke out, opening up a hidden part of Puri's family history, she was compelled to seek out the stories of South Asians who were once subjects of the British Raj, and are now British citizens. Determined to preserve these accounts--of the end of Empire and the difficult birth of two nations--here Puri records these first-hand testimonies, as well as those of their children and grandchildren whose lives are shaped by partition's legacy. With empathy, nuance and humanity, Puri weaves a breathtaking tapestry of human experience over a period of seven decades that trembles with life; an epic of ruptured families and friendships, extraordinary journeys and daring rescue missions that reverberates with pain, loss and compassion. The division of the Indian subcontinent happened far away, but it is also a very British story. Many of those affected by partition are now part of the fabric of British contemporary life, but their lives continue to be touched by this traumatic event. Partition Voices breaks the silence and confronts the difficult truths at the heart of Britain's shared history with South Asia. -- Dust jacket flap.

Subjects

• India
• Great Britain
• Islam and politics
• India > History > Partition, 1947
• India > Foreign relations > Great Britain
• India > History > Partition, 1947 > Anecdotes
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > India
• Diplomatic relations
• Anecdotes
• Partition of India (1947)
• History
• Islam and politics > India > History
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1945-1964
• 1945-1964

Genre/Form

• Anecdotes.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 19-11559

ISBN

• 1408899078
• 9781408899076
• 1408899086
• 9781408899083
• 9781408899069 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1084906219

Author

Puri, Kavita, author.

Title

Partition voices : untold British stories / Kavita Puri.

Publisher

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1945-1964

Research Call Number

JFE 19-11559