Publish Date
29 Jul, 2025
About This Book
Why does remembering Hyderabad of 1948 still matter? For generations, people have held on to fragments of this time—memories locked away, untold stories, unspoken grief. For countless families, the events of 1948 weren’t just history—they were a rupture, a moment when public upheaval became deeply personal. This anthology is a treasure chest of voices from that era. Some are firsthand accounts, raw and vivid. Others are the work of researchers trying to untangle the complexity of what really happened. Still others are carefully curated resources by people who knew how vital it was to preserve this history. Together, they weave a rich tapestry of a time that shaped not just Hyderabad, but the lives of countless people who called it home
About The Author
Mohammed Ayub Khan is a researcher of South Asian politics and history. His special areas of interest are public administration, affirmative action, social cohesion, and constitutional provisions for religious minorities. Anant Maringanti is a Hyderabadi, a geographer, an urbanist, and an enthusiast for the idea of non-territorial belongings - the Deccan for instance. He brings to this book, an amateur curiosity in histories that go beyond nationalist narratives. He is co-founder and director of Hyderabad Urban Lab, a multi-disciplinary action research centre. Gita Ramaswamy is an activist and co-founder of the 45-year old Hyderabad Book Trust and its English imprint, SouthSide Books. She works to elevate marginalized literature from the Telugu/Dakhni region and other South Indian languages to a global readership. Some of her influential works include Jeena Hai To Marna Seekho, India Stinking, and her acclaimed memoir Land Guns Caste Woman: The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary.
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