
Aanchal Malhotra
@aanchalmalhotra
Indian oral historian and author, co-founder Museum of Material Memory. Rep @DGALitAgents
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We are delighted to share that Aanchal Malhotra’s #RemnantsOfASeparation—‘Vestiges d'une Séparation’ in French—has won the 2024 Literary Prize of The Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Franco-Indienne! A timeless, groundbreaking attempt to revisit the Partition through objects



'For this book of memory to find resonance with French readers shows that the power of the human voice and its condition carries far beyond borders.' Aanchal Malhotra on being honoured with the La Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie Franco-Indienne for her timeless book


Three of our bestsellers have been shortlisted for the VoW Book Awards 2024! For English Fiction: #TheWomenWhoClimbedTrees by Smriti Ravindra and #TheBookOfEverlastingThings by Aanchal Malhotra For Translations into Hindi from Bhashas of India: #MazdaKayJadugar by Ashwin Sanghi


On this episode of This Being Human, Abdul-Rehman Malik sits down with Aanchal Malhotra (Aanchal Malhotra), author and oral historian.


Some books already on the list: August 2024 WomenandGenderBookClub2023 theme: Home/Belonging - Remnants of a separation by Aanchal Malhotra - Erotic Stories for Punjabi widows by Balli Jaswal - Namesake/Roman Stories/Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri Seeking more ♥️

'वह यादें एक ज़िन्दा संग्रहालय की तरह थीं-जीवन्त, कुछ धुंधली पर जिनकी याद आते ही लोग एकदम से चकमक हो जाते थे। यह उन सब लोगों का जागृत और सामूहिक इतिहास था।' किताब यहां उपलब्ध है : amzn.to/3Yt3P5G HarperCollins Aanchal Malhotra Ananth Padmanabhan





A gendered telling of Partition: Large scale violence & displacement on both sides of the border in Punjab & Bengal followed after the Partition of India. 7 recent novels by women that look at the cataclysmic event. My latest for HT. Edits: manjula narayan hindustantimes.com/books/a-gender…

Two new books in the post! Finally getting around to reading Kim A. Wagner's very important work on American colonial violence, a much needed read at this time... And on a slightly lighter note, Aanchal Malhotra 's novel, a present from my sister laeeqanasir, great choice❤️


#TheBookOfEverlastingThings Aanchal Malhotra This is so true. There is a particular smell which reminds me of those 12 days after my mother’s demise.


Recent favs : 1. remnants of separation by Aanchal Malhotra 2. The world as it is by Ben Rhodes( obama white house) 3. ఏనుగుల వీరాస్వామి కాసి యాత్ర 4. Malevolent Republic by Kapil Komireddi 5. Gentleman spy,R.N.Kao by Nitin Gokhale 6. మహా స్వాప్నికుడు by విక్రమ్ పూల 7.Kashmir the

We are delighted to have hosted the report launch of 'South Asia in a Changing World', a collaboration with Team C-Voter at IIC Delhi. We are deeply thankful to our panelists Suhasini Haidar, C. Raja Mohan, Aanchal Malhotra, PinakiChakraborty পিনাকীচক্রবর্তী पिनाकी चक्रवर्ती & Rahul Verma. Watch: youtu.be/P0DOSA5XIyA

