{"product_id":"bengal-partition-stories-an-unclosed-chapter-9781843312253","title":"Bengal Partition Stories: An Unclosed Chapter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough oral histories, interviews and fictional retellings, 'Bengal Partition Stories' unearths and articulates the collective memories of a people traumatised by the brutal division of their homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The book reopens the wounds to examine them afresh and the editor’s introduction places the stories in perspective.' —Anasuya Basu, ‘The Telegraph Calcutta’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Significant and timely… Fraser has significant insights.' —Kajari Bhattacharya, ‘The Statesman’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A book that attempts to break the amazing silence over the Bengal Partition through retellings by those who experienced it first-hand.' —Santanu Sanyal, ‘The Hindu Business Line’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; About the Translation; About the Stories; The maps: ii) India before 14\/15 August 1947; iii) India, Bangladesh and Pakistan Today; iv) Undivided Begal; v) West Bengal and Bangladesh Today; The Authors and Their Stories; Poem: 'Mob Fury'; The Stories: The Solution; The Protector; Insignificance; The Saviour; The Ledger; Treaty; Loss; Infidel; Boatman, Honour, In a Place and in a Land; Here and There; Hindu; Acharya Kripalani Colony; The Crossing; A Thorn in the Path, Alien Land; The Border; India; Poem: 'An Abducted Woman: The Loot'; Illegitimate; Home, Sweet Home!; The Stricken Daughter; Embrace; Kings Come and Kings Go, The Story of Sonadas Baul; Of Ram and Rahim; Looking Back; Refugee; The Debt of a Generation; If; Another Tune in Another Room; Alam's Own House; Three Generations; Rehabilitation; The Girl was Innocent; Infiltration; Deliverance; Tagore; Wild-Goose Country, Poem: 'This Border'; The Translators, The Authors, Bibliography, Glossary\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthem Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042939339095,"sku":"9781843312253","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781843312253.jpg?v=1750956320","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bengal-partition-stories-an-unclosed-chapter-9781843312253","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}