Summary of this article
- 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. |