Borders in Modern Asia: Partition in Literature, Film and History

Screening of the film Manto by actor and director Nandita Das.

Manto tells the story of Saadat Hasan Manto, the great Urdu short-story writer who captured the human tragedy of the partition of India.

Followed by a panel discussion between:

Ayesha Jalal, Mary Richardson Professor of History, Tufts University
Nandita Das, Director
Sugata Bose, Gardiner Professor of Oceanic History and Affairs, Harvard University
Sunil Amrith,  Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, Harvard University

Sponsored by the Harvard University Asia Center. Cosponsored by the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History.