Partition

'Midnight's Children' to 'Garam Hava': 10 films based on India-Pakistan partition

Marred by the separation and partition of the country, many Bollywood filmmakers dabbled with the subject on 70mm. Be it Deepa Mehta's 'Midnight's Children' or M. S. Sathyu's 'Garam Hava'. Making a screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie's much popular book 'Midnight's Children', Deepa Mehta'd film talks about the transition from British colonialism to Independence.

Deepa Mehta's film '1947 Earth' brought forth the pain, tragedy and loss related to partition. Set in Lahore, the film tells the story through the friendship between a Hindu and two Muslim men.

Based on Ismat Chuhgtai's short story, 'Garam Hava' deals with the plight of North Indian Muslim family after the partition. 'Garam Hava' is one of the most noted films on partition.

03:14 PM, Mar 10, 2013

Pakistan has become a Jurassic park: Justice Katju

by Press Trust of India

PCI chief Markandey Katju on Monday likened Pakistan to Jurassic Park, saying violence and deaths are being reported everyday due to inherent faults in that country's formation. Delivering the second Rajiv Gandhi memorial lecture organised by the Institute of Parliamentary Affairs here, he said the commotion in that country was the natural consequence of setting up a theocratic state. ...

09:20 PM, Mar 04, 2013

Gurinder Chadha wants Saif as Nehru in her next

by IANS

Mumbai: Britain-based Indian filmmaker Gurinder Chadha sports a new look and is ready to wear the director's hat again. She'll soon begin filming a movie on partition, to be shot in Delhi and Jodhpur, and is keen to rope in Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan as Jawaharlal Nehru in it. Chadha, who has lost 25 kg, has already spoken to Naseeruddin Shah to play Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the film...

12:03 PM, Jun 21, 2012

Literary voyeurism in the writings of Ismat and Manto

Hindustani awaaz | Rakhshanda Jalil

The two enfant terribles of Urdu literature - Ismat Chughtai and Saadat Hasan Manto - delighted in being provocative, outrageous, even blasphemous; both were tried ...

01:53 PM, Jun 11, 2012

Manto now: Irrelevant for young, icon for others

by IANS

New Delhi: Literary icon Saadat Hasan Manto finds few takers among young readers because the stories are dark, disturbing and reflect a time they cannot relate to. But for the older generation of Indians, he still remains one of the most powerful writers of the 20th century. The writer, who died at the age of 43 in Lahore while struggling to keep the literature of truth alive, was born on...

05:56 PM, May 11, 2012

How the 1947 partition changed Delhi

Here's a special look at how Delhi became home to lakhs of people after the 1947 partition. ...

10:44 AM, Dec 12, 2011

CJ fights for property promised post partition

CJ Amarjit Singh fights for his family's right to 2 acres of property in Ambala which was promised to his father after the partition in 1947. ...

10:59 PM, May 28, 2011

Waging War, Cooking Peace

Excess Baggage | Shiv Visvanathan

His Holiness the Dalai Lama once commented on George Bush by saying, "He brings out the Muslim in me." Put with all the delicacy and ...

06:31 PM, May 20, 2011

Talbot, US witness to India's partition, dies

by Press Trust Of India

New York: Veteran diplomat and author Phillips Talbot, a Padma Shri recipient who experienced first-hand the power of Mahatma Gandhi's non-violent movement and was one of the few Americans present during India's partition, has died here at the age of 95. Talbot's death on October 1 was announced by the Asia Society, where he served as President from 1970 to 1981. He was US Assistant Secretary of State for Near...

03:43 PM, Oct 06, 2010