At the age of 17, I left Delhi and did most of my post-secondary education (BFA & MFA) in Canada. I was born and raised in India and come from a family of booksellers. Writing from New Delhi, India, Aanchal shared with us her words on the challenges and process of writing a book, and how conversations about our histories and generational trauma can foster tolerance in this age of digital overload. Inspired by objects her family had carried with them during the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan, Aanchal began her journey of collecting and archiving objects, or material memories, treasured and preserved by displaced survivors of Partition, eventually compiled into her debut book, Remnants of a Separation. Aanchal Malhotra on collecting material memories and the potential of conversation as a tool for healingĪanchal Malhotra is a writer and historian reorienting the way we think and talk about our past, present and future.
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