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reverie_xo's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
pranjuli's review against another edition
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.75
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Moderate: Sexual assault, Colonisation, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts
kashmiras's review against another edition
adventurous
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4.0
acdocx86's review against another edition
challenging
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4.0
spilledinksanket's review against another edition
5.0
Things, materials and objects are the only tangibles that any generation forwards to the next or the one after. Although largely left out of the history of conquests and winners, these personal objects are the nucleus around which memories and nostalgia flower. That is the essence of this absolutely brilliant book by Aanchal Malhotra.
The premise to track partition stories(through a dialogue) through things of those deeply affected by the separation of the two countries and the bloodbath that followed is intelligent and ingenuine. The author backs it up with brilliant writing . There is a poetry lingering in every chapter which leave an aftertaste of sadness, disgust and nostalgia. Of particular note is the chapter telling the stories of poet Prabhjot Kaur.
This is certainly the best book I have read this year, perhaps one of the bests of the decade. Pick it up. You wont be dissapointed.
The premise to track partition stories(through a dialogue) through things of those deeply affected by the separation of the two countries and the bloodbath that followed is intelligent and ingenuine. The author backs it up with brilliant writing . There is a poetry lingering in every chapter which leave an aftertaste of sadness, disgust and nostalgia. Of particular note is the chapter telling the stories of poet Prabhjot Kaur.
This is certainly the best book I have read this year, perhaps one of the bests of the decade. Pick it up. You wont be dissapointed.
sbhatnag's review against another edition
5.0
This book is exquisite, both in content - and even physically, with glossy pages whose weight seems appropriate for the subject matter. This was one of the most powerful texts I've read in a very long time. The stories that Malhotra evokes from the survivors of Partition, through the objects they carried across with them, are poignant. This should be required reading for every single person on the Subcontinent and those of us who are part of its diaspora, particularly during this time when the 75th anniversary nears, these stories get buried deeper, and the lessons learned are at risk of being lost and forgotten.