Urvashi Butalia

Urvashi Butalia was an Indian journalist, publisher, historian and writer (born 1952). She was born at Ambala.

Urvashi Butalia in brief

Born
1952
Known for
journalist, publisher, historian and writer
Place of birth
Ambala
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Catalogued works

1 work under this name is catalogued by Wellcome Collection.

The other side of silence : voices from the partition of India / Urvashi Butalia., dated 2000, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

8 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Making feminist sense in the global south: A conversation with Urvashi Butalia, Feminist Theory, 2022. Bapsi Sidhwa and Urvashi Butalia Discuss the Partition of India, History Workshop Journal, 2000. The Other Side of Silence: Voices From the Partition of India (Urvashi Butalia), Journal of Refugee Studies, 2000. Feminine Narratives Unveiled: Rebellion and Voices of Women in Urvashi Butalia's Works, English Language, Literature & Culture, 2025. Book Reviews : Urvashi Butalia, The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India, London, Hurst & Company, 2000, pp. xiv + 312, South Asia Research, 2001. Orality and the Archive: Teaching the Partition of India through Oral Histories, Radical Teacher, 2016. Engaging with the Partition Canon: Gastro-political narratives in Anchita Ghatak’s translation of Sunanda Sikdar’s Dayamoyeer Katha into A Life Long Ago, Litinfinite, 2022. Analysing the Role of Memory in Oral History with respect to Urvashi Butalia’s The Other Side of Silence, Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry, 2023.

Digitised editions and texts

3 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

The Other Side Of Silence Urvashi Butalia — Internet Archive. Partition: The Long Shadow (2015) — Internet Archive. Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India (1999) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 29 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Urvashi Butalia studied at University of London, University of Delhi and Miranda House. the recorded working language is English, Punjabi and Hindi.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Delhi and Greater London.

Distinctions recorded are Padma Shri in literature and education and Goethe Medal.

Chronology

  1. 1952Urvashi Butalia born at Ambala.
  2. 1999Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2000The other side of silence : voices from the partition of India / Urvashi Butalia. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 2015Partition: The Long Shadow digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Urvashi Butalia”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2119956: Urvashi Butalia

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