Witnessing Partition

Witnessing Partition
Author: Tarun K. Saint
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2019-08-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429560001

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This book interrogates representations – fiction, literary motifs and narratives – of the Partition of India. Delving into the writings of Khushwant Singh, Balachandra Rajan, Attia Hosain, Abdullah Hussein, Rahi Masoom Raza and Anita Desai, among many others, it highlights the modes of ‘fictive’ testimony that sought to articulate the inarticulate – the experiences of trauma and violence, of loss and longing, and of diaspora and displacement. The author discusses representational techniques and formal innovations in writing across three generations of twentieth-century writers in India and Pakistan, invoking theoretical debates on history, memory, witnessing and trauma. With a new afterword, the second edition of this volume draws attention to recent developments in Partition studies and sheds new light as regards ongoing debates about an event that still casts a shadow on contemporary South Asian society and culture. A key text, this is essential reading for scholars, researchers and students of literary criticism, South Asian studies, cultural studies and modern history.

A Village Divided

A Village Divided
Author: Rāhī Māsūma Razā
Publisher:
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2003
Genre: Hindi fiction
ISBN: 9780143029830

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A Masterpiece Of Hindi Literature In An Acclaimed Translation Rahi Masoom Reza’S Honest And Controversial Novel Unfolds During The Latter Years Of The Raj And The First Decade Of Independence And Portrays The Rival Halves Of A Zamindar Family, Their Loves, Fights And Litigations. It Attacks The Creation Of Pakistan And Explores The Abolition Of The Zamindari System And Its Impact At The Village Level. A Semi-Autobiographical Work Set In The Author’S Village Of Gangauli, In Ghazipur District On The Fringes Of Avadh, A Village Divided, Previously Published As The Feuding Families Of Village Gangauli, Is Full Of Passion And Vibrancy, A Powerful Record Of The Meeting Of Muslim And Hindu Cultural Traditions That Bound Indian Society Together. ‘The Portrayal Of Partition And The Trauma Involved In It Has Been Very Convincing…Ms Wright Has Done Justice To The Translation Of The Book.’ —Hindustan Times ‘This Novel Can Be Indisputably Cited As A Brilliant Tour De Force In What A Third World Narrative Is Or Should Be.’ —Tribune ‘[Gillian Wright’S] Translations … Are Singular Contributions, Providing Larger Audiences To Masterpieces That Would Otherwise Have Remained Confined.’ —Indian Express

The Indian English Novel

The Indian English Novel
Author: Priyamvada Gopal
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2009-01-29
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0199544387

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This book provides an informed and lively introduction to the Indian novel in English which is now a fixture on the international literary scene. It discusses the work of major writers including Rabindranath Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, RK Narayan, Salman Rushdie, Nayantara Sahgal, Amitav Ghosh, Arundhati Roy, and Vikram Seth.

Hosay Trinidad

Hosay Trinidad
Author: Frank J. Korom
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2012-05-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 081220252X

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The multivocalic rite known as Hosay in the Caribbean developed out of earlier practices originating in Iraq and Iran which diffused to Trinidad by way of South Asian indentured laborers brought to the Caribbean by the British from the mid-1800s to the early decades of the twentieth century. The rituals are important as a Shi'i religious observance, but they also are emblems of ethnic and national identity for Indo-Trinidadians. Frank Korom investigates the essential role of Hosay in the performance of multiple identities by historically and ethnographically situating the event in Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Caribbean contexts. Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean Diaspora is the first detailed historical and ethnographic study of Islamic muharram rituals performed on the island of Trinidad. Korom's central argument is that the annual rite is a polyphonic discourse that is best understood by employing multiple levels of interpretation. On the symbolic level the observance provides esoteric meaning to a small community of Indo-Trinidadian Muslims. On another level, it is perceived to be representative of "transplanted" Indian culture as a whole. Finally, the rituals are becoming emblematic of Trinidad's polyethnic population. Addressing strategies used to resist integration and assimilation, Hosay Trinidad is engaged with theories concerning the notion of cultural creolization in the Caribbean as well as in the general study of global diasporas.

Hindu Pasts

Hindu Pasts
Author: Vasudha Dalmia
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2017-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1438468075

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In her introduction to Hindu Pasts—which showcases her work as a scholar of social, literary, and religious history—Vasudha Dalmia outlines the central ideas which thread her writings: first, to understand in greater historical depth the relationship between body language, religion, and society in India, as well as the ever-changing role of its religious and social institutions; second, to recognize that the Hindu tradition, which colonials and nationalists tend to see as monolithic, is in fact a multiplicity of distinct and semi-autonomous strands.

The Great Partition

The Great Partition
Author: Yasmin Khan
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2017-07-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300233647

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A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan This new edition of Yasmin Khan’s reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: “A riveting book on this terrible story.”—Economist “Unsparing. . . . Provocative and painful.”—Times (London) “Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan’s empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it.”—Owen Bennett Jones, BBC

The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947

The Partition of Bengal and Assam, 1932-1947
Author: Bidyut Chakrabarty
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2004-08-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134332750

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This book is a balanced account of the complex processes that finally culminated in the fragmentation of South Asia following decolonization.

The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation

The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation
Author: Peter France
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2000
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780199247844

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This book, written by a team of experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which translation has brought the major literature of the world into English-speaking culture. Part I discusses theoretical issues and gives an overview of the history of translation into English. Part II, the bulk of the work, arranged by language of origin, offers critical discussions, with bibliographies, of the translation history of specific texts (e.g. the Koran, the Kalevala), authors (e.g. Lucretius, Dostoevsky), genres (e.g. Chinese poetry, twentieth-century Italian prose) and national literatures (e.g. Hungarian, Afrikaans).