Seventy years on from the partition of India, a momentous event now recedes in memory.
Aanchal Malhotra takes the material legacy of a unique human drama, and places it back in our hands as vivid, living memory..
from a string of pearls gifted by a maharaja to a young woman\'s poetry notebook, this is an extraordinary alternative history of Partition, both powerful and poignant.
Malhotra unearths possessions from both sides of the border, interviewing their owners and uncovering a rich tapestry of struggle, sacrifice, pain, and identities forged and unforged.
Hidden in these Objects is the memory of a time and place, a story of migration, and a life that once was.
Remnants of Partition is a unique revisiting of Partition through dozens of personal belongings carried between the new India and Pakistan, amid the chaos of communal killings and mass displacement.
Despite being born into a family affected by the great divide, artist and oral historian Aanchal Malhotra had thought little about it until she encountered the Objects her own great-grandparents had saved as they fled their homes: jewelry, kitchen utensils, photographs, and a pocketknife.
Seventy years on from the partition of India, a momentous event now recedes in memory
