Exploring the complex legacy of Partition

Amrita Shodhan explores the complex legacy of Partition in India and the difficulties faced by historians in unpicking these narratives. She re-evaluates the events of August 1947 through personal stories and popular memories.

The Partition that we have inherited from 1947 has a complicated lineage. It was born out of a situation that was both colonial and 'post-colonial', where a new elite was replacing the old colonial one. To decolonise this partition is to recognise a complicity between the two...