<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pritika Chowdhry Artist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pritika Chowdhry shares insights about, counter-memory, counter-monuments, and anti-memorials, and how these concepts inform  her studio art practice.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:37:25 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Silent Waters: The Uncounted]]></title><description><![CDATA[Project Notes

Want to learn more about the Silent Waters project? 

Over 20 million people were displaced in the Partition of India in 1947 (Wikipedia 2021), and over 30 million were displaced in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 (Wikipedia 2021). The trauma that this displaced population suffered has been appropriated by state actors to create a “victim nationalism” for the purpose of propagandist nation building, but the actual victims have not been memorialized in a meaningful way.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/silent-waters-the-uncounted</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62c828043f473e6e74769f99</guid><category><![CDATA[Silent Waters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 17:51:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd2352_200500adc58f42f08ce68ce3c9574d88~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_913,h_609,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women warriors of the 1857 revolt in India ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remembering women warriors of the 1857 Revolt or Rebellion, the first war of independence of India this International Women's History Month.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/women-warriors-of-the-1857-revolt-in-india</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6427a093cdd25644ea388bee</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nirbhaya Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_fff66d9543a74bbaa9969d64c9b711ef~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_560,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silent Waters at the Weisman Art Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ebb/Flow exhibition at the Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN features Pritika Chowdhry's Silent Waters art installation.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/silent-waters-ebb-flow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6abd4e99e90dd622acf2e548</guid><category><![CDATA[Silent Waters]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_010a351e37d34b5c8c745915b391ba30~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partition of India, 1947: An Overview and FAQ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A short overview and FAQ for the Partition of India in 1947, to remember and understand it on the 75th Anniversary of the Partition.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/partition-of-india-1947-an-overview-and-faq</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62c66e794a3867ac11b977a5</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cracking India]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:25:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_dcef80d741854b458ccccf17a7df4a4a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[75th Anniversary of Partition: A Timeline of Post-Partition Events]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post creates a timeline of events from after the Partition in 1947 till 2022, as we approach the 75th anniversary of the Partition.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/75th-anniversary-of-partition</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62dfdfdc5b3b5853148e188a</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2022 04:33:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/dd2352_9aaee371fa414153b92921eff0296020~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_662,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partition of India and the dark history of the Radcliffe Line]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Radcliffe Line, which divides India and Pakistan, came into being on Aug 17, 1947, was created by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/partition-of-india-radcliffe-line</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62c60e2435fae7f9b0702119</guid><category><![CDATA[Cracking India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 23:07:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_4903c5956f1048178638c968912a7082~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_934,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[1947 Partition of India - A Timeline of Pre-Partition Events]]></title><description><![CDATA[The timeline of historical events leading up to the Partition of India,  along religious lines on August 15, 1947.  #75thAnniversary ]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/partition-of-india-timeline</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62ba2969da590af763caf714</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2022 22:55:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_22a3dfbbe4904bd19f11abcc807d052c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_800,h_528,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Partition of India, the First War of Independence, and the Birth of Pakistan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Partition of India took place on 15 August 1947. Known as the First War of Independence in the South Asian subcontinent it created Pakistan.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/partition-of-india-first-war-of-independence-birth-of-pakistan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62a8fa4bd578f7496f2bbad7</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cracking India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2022 22:34:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_c3b65f82b33043c19805de28db1f46b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_226,h_223,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering Survivors on the Anniversary of the Third Anglo-Afghan War]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anti-memorial to the Third Anglo-Afghan War of 1919, by artist Pritika Chowdhry commemorates the women who were raped by the British soldier]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/third-anglo-afghan-war-1919</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6272adfe97567b5c8a09fe4d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 17:52:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/162a29_cca72443013a43f39906b067e7c0934c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_846,h_654,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Connecting Revolutions on the Anniversaries of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and Ireland’s Partition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ireland and India were both British colonies, and became allies in their quest for freedom, and were partitioned when the British left.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/india-ireland-partition</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6256e7220f02f1f95f30a205</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jallianwala Bagh]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of Ireland]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:11:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_3af0e619cbc848d488d5b8667a16bccd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_954,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broken Column: Online Solo Exhibition at Art Show International gallery]]></title><description><![CDATA["Broken Column: The Monuments of Forgetting" by artist Pritika Chowdhry in an online solo exhibition at Art Show International gallery.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/broken-column-solo-show</link><guid isPermaLink="false">623b65dc782feb0a8b20777d</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Broken Column ]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:32:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/162a29_5fe732afb5b44bfbaeebb706436e4346~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_942,h_688,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independence Day of Bangladesh and the Art of Memory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bangladesh declared its independence from Pakistan on March 26th, 1971. Known as Bangladesh Independence Day, it started the Liberation War.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/bangladesh-independence-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">623a0f8eb8da2e5fac7501b8</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bangladesh Liberation War]]></category><category><![CDATA[This Handful of Dust]]></category><category><![CDATA[Broken Column ]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:48:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/162a29_689686ecfbb949c09d5486b6338593b4~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_800,h_533,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 years after Godhra Train Burning, the Gujarat Pogrom, and Specters of the Partition]]></title><description><![CDATA[February 27, 2022 is the 20th anniversary of the Godhra train burning case and the communal riots that came to be called the Gujarat Pogrom.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/20-anniversary-godhra-train-burning-case-gujarat-pogrom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6218402ff793b1f7564c20aa</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memory Leaks]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 03:17:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_884c58eb9eb14f5982fe5ad1ff2a9459~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[2020 Delhi Riots, Citizenship Amendment Act Protesters, and Echoes of the Partition Violence]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 2020 Delhi riots protesting the Anti-Muslim Citizenship Amendment Act echo the violent communal riots of the Partition of India in 1947.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/2020-delhi-riots-citizenship-amendment-act-partition-of-india</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6216fb9f05f634d0ab4c287c</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Memory Leaks]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2022 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_6ce924923e3944858f4db69633c09eef~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and the RSS connection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948 by Nathuram Godse of RSS. Today is the 74th anniversary of Gandhi's assassination.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/gandhis-death-rss</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61f76dfa12f1bc0357b3117a</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 05:36:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_81d1733452654b4a93152711970a500d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_454,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pakistan Declaration: January 28 and the Pakistan National Movement]]></title><description><![CDATA[On January 28th, 1933, Choudhry Rahmat Ali published The Pakistan Declaration, that sparked off the Pakistan National Movement.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/pakistan-declaration</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61f5879b78d6579001c2c23a</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jallianwala Bagh]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2022 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_c1bdc33cf805463c87bfce6383b38d7c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_220,h_147,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purna Swaraj: January 26, India's Republic Day, and the Declaration of the Independence of India]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 26, called Republic Day in India, honors the call for Purna Swaraj in 1930 and adoption of the Constitution of free India in 1950.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/january-26-india-republic-day</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61f0a4cdcf3ef600163c8582</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jallianwala Bagh]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 03:08:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_f4bebac95b6b4c93bbb880affab46360~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_800,h_623,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Subaltern” Remembrances Mapping Affective Approaches to Partition Memory]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scholarly published review by Dr. Jacque Micieli Voutsinas, of "Remembering the Crooked Line," an anti-memorial by artist, Pritika Chowdhry.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/subaltern-remembrances-mapping-affective-approaches-to-partition-memory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61dd1f79cab9f70017b97c42</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 06:11:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14ed73_12196b6342884a749ef840b78ec575a5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_854,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irish Declaration of Independence: January 21, 1919 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anti-memorial to the Irish Declaration of Independence on January 21, 1919, connects it to Jallianwala Bagh massacre and global 1919 events.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/irish-declaration-independence-1919</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61dcd0e6d0abb70016796201</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[This Handful of Dust]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:13:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_111a222198b24ccaa7dd914109812c34~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_850,h_567,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering Nirbhaya, and a tribute to her mother, Asha Devi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nirbhaya was the name given to the victim of a brutal gang-rape on December 16, 2012 in Delhi. Her mother, Asha Devi fought and won justice.]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/nirbhaya-asha-devi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61b6c754cb86d900162841d0</guid><category><![CDATA[Nirbhaya Project]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 05:27:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/222baf_6eabbb92a5ce467294a6abcfef816d5a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>