Lost And Found Histories Of India: Museums Of Microhistories And Memory
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[*]A rusted pocket watch at the Partition Museum symbolizes how ordinary objects preserve extraordinary memories of 1947’s violence.
[*]Historians warn that political rewriting of textbooks risks erasing lived experiences and authentic truths of Partition.
[*]Museums and curators use oral histories, keepsakes, and postcards to safeguard personal narratives against dominant state-driven histories.
Lest we forget,
It must never happen again.
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