Browsing by Author "Virdee, Pippa"
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Conclusion and legacies.
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Dreams, Memories and Legacies: Partitioning India
Virdee, Pippa (Book chapter)This chapter examines the dreams, memories and legacies of partitioning the Punjab. It explores the expectations people had and the results of brutal and violent partition, which divided the people of Punjab. -
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From Mano Majra to Faqiranwalla: Revisiting the Train to Pakistan
Virdee, Pippa; Safdar, Arafat (Article)Khushwant Singh’s novel Train to Pakistan was published in 1956, almost ten years after the partition of India/ creation of Pakistan in 1947. Its publication inaugurated what has been called 'South Asian Partition Fiction ... -
From the Ashes of 1947: Reimagining Punjab
Virdee, Pippa (Book)This book revisits the partition of the Punjab, its attendant violence and, as a consequence, the divided and dislocated Punjabi lives. Navigating nostalgia and trauma, dreams and laments, identity(s) and homeland(s), it ... -
‘No Home but in Memory’: The Legacies of Colonial Rule in the Punjab
Virdee, Pippa (Book chapter)This chapter explores the legacies of colonial rule in the Punjab and its consequences for those who were uprooted due to Partition. Individual accounts highlight the longevity of the resettlement process, rebuilding homes ... -
'No-mans Land' and the Creation of Partitioned Histories in India/Pakistan
Virdee, Pippa (Book chapter)This chapter contextualizes the background to the violence and migration that accompanied independence and Britain’s departure from its ‘jewel in the crown’. It then discusses remembrance of these events as reflected in ... -
Pakistan: women's quest for entitlement
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Preface : key themes, concepts and rationale.
Panayi, Panikos; Virdee, Pippa (Book chapter)