Book Review

Ghoshal, Anindita. 2022. Revisiting Partition: Contestation, Narratives and Memories. New Delhi: Primus Books. Pages xvii+494. Price INR 1450. ISBN 978-93-5572-147-1.
- Book Review
Even after 75 years, the study of the Partition of British India in 1947 remains an ambitious project for many scholars. Over the years, not only historians but also people trained in other academic disciplines have attempted to interpret the Partition in their ways.
By Amit Ranjan
READ MORE
Asia Travels: Pan-Asian Discourses and Diasporic Asian Literature/s in English by Himadri Lahiri
- Book Review
While mapping the history of migration in Asia, Sunil S. Amrith observes, “Migration has been a widespread experience in many regions of Asia”, and “Asian history” can be studied “in more mobile terms” by focusing on the travelling of migrants across national borders
By Arnab Kumar Sinha
READ MORE

The Silenced Annals of Partition Historiography
- Book Review
Refugees, Borders and Identities: Rights and Habitat in East and Northeast India brings together comprehensive documentation of the impact of Partition on refugees in eastern and northeastern India and the struggle for identity, space and political rights that followed Partition in 1947.
By SK Sagir Ali
READ MORE
Indian Migration and Empire: A Colonial Genealogy of the Modern State by Radhika Mongia, Ranikhet
- Book Review
While there has been a plethora of writing on the migration of indentured labour in recent years, what remained largely unexamined was the role of the state. Mongia addresses this gap by answering two important questions: how did states come to control migration, and what do these controls tell us about state formation and operation?
By Kalyani Vartak
READ MORE

Vol. V
Issue: 1&2
Journal of Migration Affairs
Sept 2022 & March 2023