💖 is in the air! On this #ValentinesDay, we're happy to announce that UPI and Netbanking payments are now available for readers in India! We're offering a 15% discount! Use the Razorpay option at checkout from India and the '15UPI' code. Order at 10000memories.org.

“On August 15, 1947, amidst the chaos and uncertainty of Partition, I gave birth to my third child at the Old Fort (Purana Qila) migrant camp in #Delhi,” Arghwani Begum shares. Her family migrated from #Sahaspur, #UP to #Lahore. #10000memories

Remembering Dr. Sudarshana Sabharwal (1921 - 2016). “Amid Partition’s uncertainty, I helped women deliver their babies. We were not in my family-run hospital. Rather we were in a police station waiting for an armed transport to escort us out of #JalalpurJattan, #Punjab.”

“I feel proud of how my family did their bit to serve others during the #BengalFamine. My grandmother served khichri to everyone who visited and my mother gave rice to the local women.” Satyendranath Goswami migrated from #Dhaka to Guptipara in 1947. Interview by Amrita Talukdar

It was our Berkeley team’s pleasure to host Sam Dalrymple for an insightful conversation about his upcoming book, Shattered Lands! Be sure to pre-order it: lnkfi.re/9482xG The event was co-hosted by the Institute of South Asian Studies at UC Berkeley. Food by Sukhi's Indian Foods.

A chapter dedicated to exploring how The The 1947 Partition Archive Archive contributed to post memory of Partition, in researcher Dr. Shuchi Kapila’s recently released book, “Post memory and the Partition of India.”

“The importance of the Partition of the sub-continent is surely the most important event in the history of our people. Their stories need to be told, just as the あとち PartitionArchives effort is continuing.” dawn.com/news/1916337/h…

Our condolences to the families and friends of the victims 🤍😞

June 14 - Tomorrow in Berkeley, join us for this free event. Voices of Partition, a love story sharing event with Dr. Gurnam Brard and Mr. Ali Shan. Telling inter-generational stories the way they were meant to be told: live and in person. FREE entry. eventbrite.com/e/voices-of-pa…

June 14th at Voice of Partition in Berkeley, California. Mr. Ali Shan shared his incredible life story, after being orphaned in 1947. Dr. Gurnam Brar spoke about losing his best friend in 1947, at age 17. Mr. Alan Keislar was on the last train to Pakistan, #1947Partition

Hey, are you still with us? In the face of ongoing wars, humanitarian crises and displacement, the world must not look away. Choose empathy over apathy. Choose solidarity with refugees. #WorldRefugeeDay

The locked archive: How bureaucracy silences Bengal’s poetic soul Zakir Kibria notes the lack of support for cultural preservation. The Daily Star thedailystar.net/opinion/views/…

August 2025 marks the 80th commemoration for the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Abdul Aziz was an eyewitness to that fateful moment.

"No one asked me these questions. No one wanted to know," says Khadija Rashid about her experiences during the #1947Partition. At the same, she was sixteen and newly married. She is happy that she can now share the story of her migration to #Rajshahi.

Oakland, 7:00 PM today! Join us today for a special benefit performance with Zoe Viccaji, and accompanying musicians. This performance is a part of the Remembrance Festival: eventbrite.com/e/150524557302…

Photos from the exhibit at the Remembrance Festival in Berkeley, yesterday. Timings for today: 11:00 AM - exhibition opens, 2:00 PM - oral history workshop. eventbrite.com/e/148720066020…

When several families left #Shahdadkot, #Sindh after the #1947Partition, Lal Chand Manwani's father and uncle remained, declaring, "We are sons of the soil. Whether or not it is safe, we were born here and will die here."

At 14, Partition was not the foremost thing on Nirmala Dander's mind. That was until her teacher organized a school trip to one of the refugee camps that had been set up in #Mumbai following the #1947Partition.

Hayward Public Library | To our San Francisco Bay Area community of history enthusiasts, humanists and friends: We’re looking forward to hosting you at a panel discussion and book talk tomorrow, at the Hayward Public Library,. Join us! This is a wholesome learning opportunity.