Shattered lands — Sam Dalrymple on the five partitions of British India

Over five decades, one single, sprawling dominion, from Yemen to Myanmar, became twelve modern nations. This is the story of how the actions of politicians in London and revolutionaries in Delhi, princes in remote palaces and soldiers in trenches, redrew the map of British India, uprooting millions, and leaving a legacy that explains much about the region today.

This conversation was recorded at the Ubud Writers Festival in Bali, Indonesia.

Speakers

Sam Dalrymple Author, Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern AsiaCo-founder, Project DastaanFilmmaker, Child of Empire, Lost Migrations

Husnara KhanomPoet, writer, and researcher