Borders And Boundaries Book

Probably one of the more difficult books I've read, and easily the book that took me the longest to get through. The main reasons being: it is so packed with facts & figures of Partition history that I did not want to miss a beat although I probably have to go back to it a few times even now; it is a disturbing subject given what happened to women as a result of Partition, both at the hands of the "other" but perhaps more tragically at the hands of their own families and country; and finally because the subject makes for dry reading with heavy tracts of feminist theory thrown in, much of which I agree with but makes for the feeling of being lectured.
This is also perhaps one of the most important books written about the 1947 Partition of India and its aftermath. If the subject of India's Partition is of interest then this is a must read. I don't think I will ever stop being amazed at how well we (at least in India) have kept under wraps what was done unto women during Partition -- not just by the "other side" but by those who were their own, and how that gruesome tragedy multiplied even after Partition when women continued to be treated like objects who had no say, no agency whatsoever in deciding their own destinies, yet continued to carry the entire burden of a ridiculously fragile 'honor' placed squarely on their shoulders! Read, be amazed - and fume!