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Lost women of Partition

Lost women of Partition

Oct 25, 2015, at 06:34 pm

While the world even now faces an unprecedented refugee crisis, a Bengali film on the Partition of India in August 1947 takes us to one of the most brutal phases in the history of refugees victimised by forced migration. Shoma A. Chatterji tracks back to Indian films that dealt with the Partition and examines how Rajkahini by National Award winning filmmaker Srijit Mukherjee stands within this cinematic world.

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Lost women of Partition Sun, Oct 25 2015