The other side of silence book by urvashi butalia

Through interviews conducted over a tenyear period and an examination of diaries, letters, memoirs, and parliamentary documents, butalia asks how people on the margins of history. Jun 16, 2000 homes, villages, communities, families, and relationships were destroyed. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column. Voices from the partition of india is based on the stories she recorded of those who were traumatised by their experiences of. We all know about the regular one of the great human convulsion of history, which lead to the death of 200,000 precious lives the contemporary british figure to two million a later indian estimate, 75,000 women abducted and raped, lost to sexual savagery. She is known for her work in the womens movement of india, as well as for authoring books like the pathbreaking the other side of silence. Urvashi butalia is a publisher and writer and cofounder of kali for women.

It remained at the top of indias bestseller list for over six months and won the oral history book association award in 2001. Butalia had cofounded indias first feminist publishing house, kali for. Of these, the other side of silence 1998 is believed to be her most popular work. Voices from the partition of india highlighting by butalia, urvashi isbn. Urvashi butalia is an indian feminist and historian.

Aug 01, 2017 the author urvashi butalias book the other side of silence. In school she studied only what she called partitions grand narrative of politics, and although people listened to stories about partition within their own families, the discourse found no articulation in the outside world. Theother side of silence has been one of the most influential books in. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In the other side of silence, urvashi butalia fills this gap by placing people their individual experiences, their private painat the center of this epochal event. Voices from and the partition of india and speaking peace. Butalias book is an oral history of the experience and aftermath of the partition of india and pakistan in the late 1940s, focused due to language barriers and restricted movement across national borders on the experience of hindis and sikhs in the punjab. Jan 01, 2017 urvashi butalias the other side of silence was the first major work to exhume the personal trauma of the partition. Voices from the partition of india, which has been one of the most influential books in south asian studies for the past decade. Urvashi butalia s the other side of silence was the first major work to exhume the personal trauma of the partition. Get ebooks the other side of silence on pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi and audiobook for free.

Urvashi butalias remarkable book on indias partition emerged out of the terrible violence that gripped delhi, not in 1947. The other side of silence, smith said, shattered the taboo and started a conversation. The other side of silence download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. They discussed her influential, awardwinning book, the other side of silence.

Urvashi butalia on why men killed women and children of their. The other side of silence, with urvashi butalia youtube. Yet, more than half a century later, little is known of the human dimensions of this event. Oral history association book award 2001the partition o. The other side of silence is an extraordinary achievement. Butalias book is an oral history of the experience and aftermath of the partition of india and pakistan in the late 1940s, focused due to language barriers and. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Cofounder of kali for women, indias first feminist publisher, and now director of zubaan, she is also author of the awardwinning oral history of partition, the other side of silence. The book is the product of more than seventy interviews that butalia conducted with survivors of the partition, and emphasises particularly the role of violence against women in the collective experience of the tragedy. 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. She is the director and cofounder of kali for women, indias first feminist publishing house. By far the largest proportion of these refugeesmore than ten million of themcrossed the western border which divided the historic state of. Urvashi butalia and the other side of silence iva cheung.

Jun 01, 2000 homes, villages, communities, families, and relationships were destroyed. Aug 11, 2016 writer and publisher urvashi butalias the other side of silence. Nach einer gutlichen trennung 2003 leitet butalia ihren eigenen verlag zubaan books. Jul 29, 2012 on july 14, feminist publisher urvashi butalia sat down for a conversation with the georgia straights charlie smith as part of the indian summer festival. Summary of the book the other side of silence chronicles the series of events that took place during the partition of india in 1947. We all know about the regular one of the great human convulsion of history, which lead to the death of 200,000 precious lives the contemporary british figure to two million a later indian estimate. Of these, the other side of silence 1998 is being used as a text in some indian universities. Urvashi butalia the other side of silence ebook download download. Urvashi butalia born 1952 is an indian feminist writer, publisher and activist. While one part of this book is made up of my telling of partition stories, in the other parts people i have interviewed tell their own stories. Urvashi butalia author of the other side of silence. Urvashi butalia has 16 books on goodreads with 4780 ratings.

The other side of silence urvashi butalia download. The other side of silence voices from the partition of india by urvashi butalia duke university press. Apr 20, 2017 the other side of silence is a highly informative book by urvashi butalia that provides the readers with accurate facts about the partition of india, which took place in the year 1947. Through interviews conducted over a tenyear period and an examination of diaries, letters, memoirs, and parliamentary documents, butalia asks how people on the margins of. The partition of india into two countries, india and pakistan, caused one of the most massive human convulsions in history. On july 14, feminist publisher urvashi butalia sat down for a conversation with the georgia straights charlie smith as part of the indian summer festival. Voices from the partition of india by urvashi butalia 2000 by amber abbas urvashi butalias remarkable book on indias partition emerged out of the terrible violence that gripped delhi, not in 1947, when the partition took place, but in 1984. Voices from the partition of india new edition by butalia, urvashi isbn. The book, which is the product of more than seventy interviews that butalia conducted with survivors of the partition, is being used as an academic text in some indian universities. This is an important book on a subject few have addressed, even marginally. Urvashi butalias the other side of silence was the first major work to exhume the personal trauma of the partition. Voices from the partition of india, as well as her illustrious publishing career. Urvashi butalia project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.

The other side of silence urvashi butalia download bok. Voices from the partition of india urvashi butalia. Urvashi butalia s most popular book is the other side of silence. Butalias family was from lahore, and they were partition refugees. Voices from the partition of india 9780822324942 by butalia, urvashi and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Feb 05, 2020 in this first video, aparna talks about the other side of silence, a work around partitions survivors, by urvashi butalia. Voices from the partition of india by urvashi butalia chronicles the stories of partition which were never spoken of. Thus, although partition is the subject of this book, the reader will not find here a. In the other side of silence, urvashi butalia fills this gap by placing peopletheir individual experiences, their private painat the center of this epochal event. In any book on oral history, exaggeration, subjective interpretation, personal inhibition, individual likes etc. Books by urvashi butalia author of the other side of silence.

Urvashi butalia the other side of silence ebook download. She is also author of the awardwinning oral history of partition the other side of silence. She is indias first feminist publisher and now director of zubaan books. An undisputed classic, it meticulously locates the individual experiences and private pain at the heart of this cataclysmic event.