However, it is marred by one of the darkest episodes in human history, a massive exodus of communities on both sides of the border: The Partition. Our memories of the Independence are often happy ones, India finally moved out of the clutches of the British Raj and subsequently became a free nation. Remnants of a Separation is a collection of stories, true stories, in fact, episodes that took place during the Partition in 1947. There are always certain books that you recommend to everyone, and I think I have found one rather beautiful! I will always regard this as Aanchal Malhotra’s magnum opus for she has done such an excellent job that I don’t think she’ll ever be able to surpass the sheer brilliance of this work. For better or for worse, I have become that storyteller – Aanchal Malhotra You extract an object from the past and deposit it where it doesn’t belong and, decades later, it will tell a story.
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