India, April 23 -- When Aanchal Malhotra's maternal granduncle showed her two age-old objects that his family carried from Lahore to Amritsar around the Partition, it sparked a curiosity in the historian, leading her on a decade-long research project across the subcontinent. This journey culminated in two books, Remnants of Separation (2017) and In the Language of Remembering (2022), both of which delve into the memories of Partition in multigenerational families.

Excerpts from the interview with Aanchal Malhotra:

T+L India: Your first book Remnants of a Separation explores the stories of objects carried by refugees during the Partition of India. Could you share insights into your research process and how you discovered and collected th...