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Note on Women & Partition

Furrukh A Khan, Sara Zubair


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AREA : Gender

ORGANIZATION : Aurat Foundation

LENGTH : 5

LUMS No : 17-006-2006-2

PUBLICATION YEAR : 2006

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KEYWORDS:

Women,Partition,Note,Indian Subcontinent,Catastrophes,Dilemmas of Mankind,Violence,Soul Searching


DESCRIPTION:

Since the fiftieth year of the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1997, there has been a resurgence of popular as well as academic interest in understanding the events related to partition. Partition of a country, like other man-made catastrophes, compels the victims, perpetuators of violence, and the general community to re-examine their actions and roles in the course of events. It demands complex answers that require individual and communal soul searching. This crucial event continues to raise questions regarding the moral and ethical dilemmas of mankind as well as the need for frank and direct examination of issues such as representation, memory, violence, dislocation and time. Time has increased the distance between our own self, our worlds, and the events of the partition of the Indian subcontinent. Many survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators, are no longer alive; memories, archives and private histories comprise the scant information available. The intensified pursuit of memory, in its many possible forms, appears to be the ultimate way of relating to that event whose shadow continues to arouse impassioned emotions in the personal and collective lives of both countries. This video account of the memories of a selected group of women helps to develop an understanding of the impact of the partition on women. 


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Gender