Episode 6 - The Material Realities of Partition with Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla

Guneeta Singh Bhalla has worked for over ten years to crowdsource over 5,000 oral histories of Partition survivors. The insights their stories give are only now coming to light with decades worth of research still to be done to truly understand those fateful events. What begins to emerge is a story not of Hindu or Sikh against Muslim - but of political and ruling elites using mob violence for their partisan benefit.

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The One with Shabd is a podcast featuring in-depth interviews with leading minds on all things Sikh: religion, culture, philosophy, history, politics, and more. Listen to learn about the ideas, spirit, and people that shape the multifaceted universe known as Sikhi. What inspires a Sikh to wear a turban and grow long hair? What significance do Sikhi's symbology and ritual have to a people whose religion is skeptical of both? Why do Sikhs carry swords? What was the Sikh Empire? Also learn about contemporary Sikh politics, historical research and people organising for a Sikh political future.