Reading the Partition of India: A List of Essential Works

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Train carrying migrants

Black and white illustrated portrait of Lalithambika Antharjanam, showing an older Indian woman with wavy gray hair, glasses, a bindi on her forehead, and wearing a traditional sari.

Close-up portrait of Manik Bandyopadhyay, a renowned Indian writer and one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Bengali literature.

Black and white illustrated portrait of a man with wavy hair, round glasses, and a thoughtful expression, wearing a simple shirt, representing writer and playwright Saadat Hasan Manto.

Portrait of Indian writer Khushwant Singh, in his 80s, wearing a head covering, looking on while attending an event in New Delhi.

Black and white illustration of Indian writer Jyotirmoyee Devi, shown with a calm expression and wearing a traditional sari draped over her head and shoulders.

Bhisham Sahni, Indian writer, playwright, and actor, wearing a green kurta and smiling while speaking during an interview.

Intizar Husain, a Pakistani writer, smiles as he looks into the camera during a photocall for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize.

Salman Rushdie wearing a dark suit and glasses, one lens tinted, stands in front of a red and black background at the Deutsches Theater.

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Train carrying migrants

Train carrying migrants

People displaced during the partition of India into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority...

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Amrita Pritam

Amrita Pritam

Indian writer and poet Amrita Pritam explored love, loss and violence in her works.

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Black and white illustrated portrait of Lalithambika Antharjanam, showing an older Indian woman with wavy gray hair, glasses, a bindi on her forehead, and wearing a traditional sari.

Lalithambika Antharjanam

This illustrated portrait depicts Indian writer and social reformer Lalithambika...

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Close-up portrait of Manik Bandyopadhyay, a renowned Indian writer and one of the most influential figures in 20th-century Bengali literature.

Manik Bandyopadhyay

Indian writer Manik Bandyopadhyay is known for his social realism.

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Black and white illustrated portrait of a man with wavy hair, round glasses, and a thoughtful expression, wearing a simple shirt, representing writer and playwright Saadat Hasan Manto.

Saadat Hasan Manto

An illustration of 20th-century Indo-Pakistani author Saadat Hasan Manto.

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Portrait of Indian writer Khushwant Singh, in his 80s, wearing a head covering, looking on while attending an event in New Delhi.

Khushwant Singh

Indian writer Khushwant Singh wrote acclaimed fiction while also serving as one of...

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Black and white illustration of Indian writer Jyotirmoyee Devi, shown with a calm expression and wearing a traditional sari draped over her head and shoulders.

Jyotirmoyee Devi

This black-and-white illustration depicts Indian writer Jyotirmoyee Devi, known for...

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Bhisham Sahni, Indian writer, playwright, and actor, wearing a green kurta and smiling while speaking during an interview.

Bhisham Sahni

Sahitya Akademi Award recipient Bhisham Sahni.

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Intizar Husain, a Pakistani writer, smiles as he looks into the camera during a photocall for the 2013 Man Booker International Prize.

Intizar Hussain

The author of Basti, Intizar Hussain migrated to Pakistan after the partition...

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Salman Rushdie wearing a dark suit and glasses, one lens tinted, stands in front of a red and black background at the Deutsches Theater.

Salman Rushdie

Indian-born British-American novelist Salman Rushdie is known for works such as Midnight's...

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Black and white photograph of Pakistani novelist Bapsi Sidhwa smiling as she looks on during an event in Houston.

Bapsi Sidhwa

Novelist Bapsi Sidhwa drew on her experiences of growing up in Lahore to chronicle...

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Amitav Ghosh poses for a photograph in Paris, France, while promoting his book on April 27, 2006.

Amitav Ghosh

Novelist Amitav Ghosh's fiction explores history, migration, and the legacies of...

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Map showing the Radcliffe Line, marked in pink, which served as the international boundary drawn in 1947 between India and the former territories of West Pakistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). The map highlights the division of the Indian subcontinent and includes current international borders and disputed regions.

Radcliffe Line

Drawn by Cyril Radcliffe in 1947, this line divided the Indian subcontinent into...

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Black and white portrait of Indian writer Amrita Pritam, Pakistani novelist Bapsi Sidhwa, and Indian writer Khushwant Singh. Middle row: Amitav Ghosh, Saadat Hasan Manto, and Salman Rushdie. Bottom row: Indian writer and actor Bhisham Sahni, Pakistani writer Intizar Husain, and Indian novelist Manik Bandyopadhyay.

Some writers of Partition literature

This black-and-white collage features eminent writers Amrita Pritam, Bapsi Sidhwa,...

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