From the Ashes of 1947
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From the Ashes of 1947

Reimagining Punjab

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From the Ashes of 1947

Reimagining Punjab

About this book

This book revisits the partition of the British Indian province of Punjab, its attendant violence and, as a consequence, the divided and dislocated Punjabi lives. Navigating nostalgia and trauma, dreams and laments, identity(s) and homeland(s), it explores the partition of the very idea ofPunjabiyat. It was Punjab (along with Bengal) that was divided to create the new nations of India and Pakistan. In subsequent years, religious and linguistic sub-divisions followed - arguably, no other region of the sub-continent has had its linguistic and ethnic history submerged within respective national and religious identity(s). None paid the price of partition like the pluralistic, pre-partition Punjab. This work analyses the dissonance, distortion and dilution witnessed by Punjab and presents a detailed narrative of its past.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. From the Ashes of 1947
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Photographs
  7. List of Maps and Tables
  8. List of Excerpts
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Glossary
  11. Acknowledgements
  12. Preface: Memories Create History
  13. Note on permissions
  14. Quote by Catherine Hall
  15. 1. Partitioned Lands, Partitioned Histories
  16. 2. The Treasure within the Five Rivers
  17. 3. Handing Over the Reigns
  18. 4. Violence, Migration and the Making of the Refugee
  19. 5. Sacred Malerkotla
  20. 6. Migrating to the Promised Land: A Tale of Two Cities
  21. 7. From Refugee to Citizen
  22. 8. Cleansing Hearts and Minds
  23. 9. Lost Innocence and Sold Honour
  24. 10. Dreams, Memories and Legacies
  25. Select Bibliography
  26. Index