Voices of Partition

Illustration

Mar 11

Written By surasti p

Unlocking Our Sound Heritage

The British Library

These illustrations were created for the British Library as part of the "Unlocking Our Sound Heritage" project. I developed 18 distinct illustrations and one overarching homepage image to unify the digital learning resources, or “online exhibitions,” based on the library's sound archives. The project, dedicated to the Partition in India, features audio and visual archive material along with a variety of interpretative content.

The Great Calcutta Killings

The effect of World War Two on the Quit India Movement

Women’s experience of violence

Was partition inevitable?

Partition – A South Asia-wide story?

What caused the British to transfer power in 1947

The Bengal experience of displacement

Women in the Quit India Movement

Congress, Gandhi and the Quit India Movement

Introduction to Causes for Partition

Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army

Mountbatten’s role in Partition

The Muslim League and Jinnah

Collecting oral history of partition

The role of different actors in high politics

Media reactions to Partition

Oral history, memory, migration

Music of Partition

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The British Library

Art Direction + Illustration
Surasti Puri

surasti p

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