1947 Partition of India

Family Barters, Partitions, and more...

#57: An exactly 100-word Partition story

Aug 8, 2025 • Reena Kapoor

#48: A 100-word story on an anecdote from my grandmother's life + yes, I'm back

Oct 4, 2024 • Reena Kapoor

Once again...Stories I'll keep telling you

It's August 15th. Let's own our past (India).

Aug 15, 2024 • Reena Kapoor

#43: A 100-word prequel to "Saubhagyawati"

Jun 28, 2024 • Reena Kapoor

Words like oxygen (a poem)

A poem celebrating an occupation with and of languages

Mar 24, 2024 • Reena Kapoor

#27: 100 words of imagining that displacement that my grandmother went through following the 1947 Partition of India

Jan 26, 2024 • Reena Kapoor

Stories I'll keep telling you

Owning the past we want to heal from

Aug 13, 2023 • Reena Kapoor

Trying to capture light - in one sentence

What it means to leave a legacy

Sep 8, 2022 • Reena Kapoor

Book Review: Tomb of Sand

First book in any Indian language to win the International Booker Prize

Aug 19, 2022 • Reena Kapoor

Whose country was it anyway?

Healing from a tragic past - AND owning it

Aug 13, 2022 • Reena Kapoor

Venerable August and its captives

Women of the 1947 Partition of India

Aug 14, 2021 • Reena Kapoor

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