Migration, Memories, and the 'Unfinished' Partition

This book looks at migration through the lens of the Partition of India in 1947. The Partition uprooted millions of people from their homelands. This volume examines the initial difficulties faced by the refugees in settling down in their adopted land. It analyses the state's efforts in facilitating the movement of refugees, the processes it initiated to resettle them after Partition, and the extent to which it was successful. This book also investigates the links between socio-political developments in contemporary India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh as a result of the Partition.
Drawing on archival sources, oral histories and literary representations, the contributing authors discuss and analyse the experiences of the migrated population. Part of the Migrations in South Asia series, this book will be an important read for scholars and researchers of migration studies, refugee studies, Partition studies, Indian history, Indian politics, and South Asian studies.

List of contents

1. Imaginary Homelands in Postmemories of Displaced Punjabi Migrants 2. From Multan to Lucknow: The Journey That Wasn't-A Study with reference to Yashpal's Jhootha Sach 3. Partition and the History of Evacuee Property in Pakistan 4. Nostalgia and the Construction of 'Home:' Inter-Generational Memory and Remembrance of the East Bengali Migrants 5. Muhajir Narratives of Homes Lost and Found: Nostalgia and belonging in the novels of Intizar Husain and the columns of The Daily Pasban 6. Passage through Partition: Stories of Five Families 7. Partition's Long Shadow: Post-partition migration and the Citizenship Conundrum in post-colonial Assam 8. Rootless but with global ties: the story of Sindhi Partition migrants 9. The Legacy of India's Partition: A Story of Violence & Migration in Jammu & Kashmir 10. Artists and the Radcliffe Line: Partition migrants on silver screen and "Others" in the Hindi Film industry

About the author

Amit Ranjan is a Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.

Summary

This book looks at migration through the lens of the 1947 Partition of India.

Product details

• Authors: Amit (National University of Singapore) Ranjan, Amit (Visiting Research Fellow Ranjan
• Assisted by: Amit Ranjan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.03.2024
• EAN: 9781032608655
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3260865-5
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Migrations in South Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, India, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Asian History, c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Asia / South / India, Partition;Pakistan;migration;refugee