Reading Partition, Living Partition

"Partition has left deep scars on the national psyche. This one distortion of history, with its disjunction between the minds of men and the course of events, has gone on to produce other distortions. We are trapped in our histories. It has impacted relationships, the notions of homeland and nation, erased languages and cultures and given rise to a whole set of questions about self and identity. This volume, consisting of an interleaving of fiction, memoirs, historical and political analysis, moves into philosophical and psychological discussions and thus subjects partition to fresh reflection as debates about remembering and forgetting, forgiving or persisting with hostilities are carried on. Individual essays and narratives written over nearly five decades, represent the viewpoints of three generations across a cross-section of society in terms of religions, geographical locations and national borders as they move from migrations and uprooting, violence and loss to reflect upon the hJain, Jasbir is the author of 'Reading Partition, Living Partition ', published 2007 under ISBN 9788131600450 and ISBN 8131600459.