![]() ![]() But as she learnt more about the lives of people who shared the objects with her, she realised that a mere collage of photos wouldn't do justice. The book began in 2013 as a photo-document of objects that people brought with them when they crossed over during Parition, part of her post-graduation thesis at Concordia University, Montréal. This same sense of empathy flows through the pages of the book by the 27-year-old. The least the young can do is read and empathise with with what takseem-e-hind (Urdu for Partition, a phrase used by many of her subjects) entailed." ![]() As she says, "We can't fathom the damage Partition did to them. Through 19 chapters, Malhotra takes readers through myriad emotions, evoking a way of life fast receding in nostalgia. ![]() A vivid collection of Partition memoirs, the book is narrated by the last surviving generation that witnessed it firsthand. ![]()
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