"Why We Need To Talk About The Partition Of India" a talk by Sukeshi Kamra Followed by the discussion with author-publisher Urvashi Butalia at Habitat World, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road > 7pm on 23rd August 2013

Time : 7:00 pm 

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
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Place : Habitat World, India Habitat Centre (IHC), Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description :'Why We Need To Talk About The Partition Of India' a talk by Sukeshi Kamra Followed by the discussion with author-publisher Urvashi Butalia.
Partition is a national story that brought to light the forms of violence that inform our daily living. Thus how we (should) speak of the Partition is as important a question as why we (should) speak of it. Furthermore, framing of questions is critical to inquiry itself: what does the Partition look like if we approach it as a national experience? How do we get to the truth of a history that is now intergenerational? How different would our narrative, of national identity, be if we did allow Partition the time, space, and dialogue that we have allowed the anti-colonial nationalist movement? About the Speakers:- Sukeshi Kamra is an associate professor of English and associate dean in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Carleton University. She published a book entitled Bearing Witness: Partition, Independence, And The End Of The Raj in 2002. In 2011, she published The Indian Periodical Press and the Production of Nationalist Rhetoric on the engagement between colonial law and the periodical press in British India between 1870 and 1910.

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