<?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>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:38:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><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[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><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering the "Birangona": the Spectral Wound of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anti-memorials for Birangona, brave woman in Bengali, an euphemism for 400000 women raped by Pakistan army in 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/birangona-bangladesh-liberation-war-1971</link><guid isPermaLink="false">61badb3528ca6a00164b0658</guid><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bangladesh Liberation War]]></category><category><![CDATA[This Handful of Dust]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:14:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/14ed73_4020763ce8d14126872c3ecfe3f29ba5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_801,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are "Sites of Memory" or "lieux de mémoires"?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lieux de mémoire, or site of memory, is an important concept in the field of Memory Studies and was coined by the French historian,...]]></description><link>https://www.pritikachowdhry.com/post/sites-of-memory-lieux-de-memoires</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63854352f3f818c1b2482a89</guid><category><![CDATA[Broken Column ]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition Anti-Memorial Project]]></category><category><![CDATA[9/11 Memorial]]></category><category><![CDATA[Partition of India]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/162a29_8ed280515b524f70aa619a4fe1f43bcc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_679,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Pritika Chowdhry</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>