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Acknowledgments ix
1. Beginnings 1
2. Blood 21
3. 'Facts' 53
4. Women 85
5. 'Honour' 137
6. Children 195
7. 'Margins' 233
8. Memory 273
Glossary 295
Index 301
Urvashi Butalia is Director and Cofounder of Kali for Women, India’s first feminist publishing house. An active participant in India’s women’s movement for more than two decades, she holds the position of Reader at the College of Vocational Studies at the University of Delhi.
“The Other Side of Silence is without a doubt one of the most
important books ever to be written about the Partition of the
Indian subcontinent. More than a history, more than a memoir, it is
also an extended reflection on narrative form. Official history has
always flinched from acknowledging the full extent of the human
cost of Partition. Urvashi Butalia shows us why we cannot afford to
forget the suffering, the grief, the pain, and the bewilderment
that resulted from the division of the subcontinent. [This] is an
extraordinary achievement.”—Amitav Ghosh
“Selective amnesia and memory are at the root of the relationship
between human beings and their history. This book pierces that
amnesia, elicits buried memories, and lays the foundations for a
more evolved relationship between human beings on this subcontinent
and their histories of gendered and communal violence.”—Kavita
Punjabi, Telegraph (Calcutta)
“This is a magnificent and necessary book, rigorous and
compassionate, thought-provoking and moving. Oral history at its
best.”—Salman Rushdie
“[L]ays bare the passions of fear and hatred that too often drive
the India-Pakistan relationship. . . . The raw horror of it all is
mitigated by the author’s skillful prose, which draws the reader
into the Indian story.”
*Foreign Affairs*
“Butalia has collected some fascinating material.”
*New York Times Book Review*
“Butalia is a pioneer in feminist publishing in India. She is
especially alert to the presence—and absence—of marginal voices. .
. . [T]he study of popular interpretations of violence as well as
the persistence of memory makes this book a critical,
self-reflective work. It may seem paradoxical, but the book’s
freshness comes also from the fact that it examines wounds that
have festered for more than fifty years.”
*The Nation*
“Butalia’s book is remarkable for the author’s critical analysis of
her own experiences as well as of the existing literature, and for
her skillful demonstration of how the memory of Partition continues
to affect India today.”
*Publishers Weekly*
“Butalia’s narratives shed light upon the role of religion in
shaping identities of families and communitites.”
*Books & Culture*
“Libraries collecting on genocide, migrations, and freedom
struggles definitely need this work.”
*Library Journal*
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