Aanchal Malhotra
Aanchal Malhotra is an Indian oral historian, author, and artist based in New Delhi. She is widely recognized for her work on the 1947 Partition of India, focusing on oral histories and the material memory of those affected. She is the co-founder of the Museum of Material Memory, a digital repository tracing family histories through heirlooms and antiques. Her works include both non-fiction explorations of the Partition and historical fiction.
Awards
['Council for Museum Anthropology Book Award (2022)', 'Valley of Words Prize for Hindi Translation (2022)', "Literary Prize of The Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie Franco-Indienne (2024)"]
Notable Works
['Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory', 'In the Language of Remembering: The Inheritance of Partition', 'The Book of Everlasting Things']
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