Crossing BoundariesGeeti Sen To commemorate fifty years of Independence in the subcontinent it seems appropriate to cut across the borders which separate Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. This book is a collection of outstanding essays, containing 45 black and white photographs, includes contributions by authors and artists from all three countries of the subcontinent. |
Contents
REMEMBRANCE OF TIME PAST | 19 |
THE FIRST DAYS IN PAKISTAN | 26 |
THE JAJMANI SYSTEM | 40 |
91 GARDEN TOWN | 47 |
INTERVIEW | 55 |
NEW AND OLD WRITINGS | 79 |
OPEN SESAME | 93 |
OF HISTORY NATIONALISM AND POETRY | 101 |
THE RIVER OF HINDUSTANI MUSIC | 179 |
NATIONALISM AND ACTIVISM | 187 |
THE ARCHITECTURE | 203 |
INTERPRETATIONS OF THE BANGLADESH WAR | 219 |
WOMEN ARTISTS OF PAKISTAN | 229 |
GENDER POLITICS IN THEATRE | 239 |
SHARED CONCERNS IN ALTERNATIVE THEATRE | 250 |
SELF AND THE OTHER | 259 |
MOTHER AND OTHER POEMS | 112 |
THE GRASS IS LIKE ME AND OTHER POEMS | 122 |
THE SADHANA OF LALAN FAKIR | 139 |
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG? | 151 |
Sumanta Banerjeee | 163 |
THE BIG AND THE SMALL | 268 |
TWO SIDES OF A MIRROR | 275 |
INTERVIEW | 284 |
OUR CONTRIBUTORS | 298 |
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