When history and memory collide : contextualising gendered representations of the partition of India in women's writings

• Main Author: Lim, Denise Zhi Qing
• Other Authors: Jessica Bridgette Hinchy
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69761
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

2017 marks the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India. 70 years on, “Partition” has become byword for widespread communal violence in India. This is especially pertinent, as Hindu nationalism is on the rise with the prominence of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), increasing frequency of c...