Kavita Puri

Kavita Puri is a journalist, author and broadcaster. A new edition of her book Partition Voices: Untold British Stories, marking the 75th anniversary of partition, is out now, published by Bloomsbury. Her latest documentary for BBC Radio 4, Inheritors of partition, marks the 75th anniversary of the division of the Indian subcontinent through three stories from the third generation in Britain, and is available on BBC Sounds.

Kavita Puri

Recent articles by Kavita Puri

Kavita Puri’s hidden histories: “I wish that there was no need for specialist history months” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri’s hidden histories: “We mustn’t overlook the toll of surfacing traumatic histories” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri’s hidden histories: how Gurdip Singh Chaggar’s murder in 1976 sparked a youth movement . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 1943 Bengal famine: “People began collapsing in the streets and dying on the pavements” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri’s hidden histories: “Britain’s first black editor achieved so much in such a short life”

Enduring trauma: the legacy of partition . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri "There are other medieval women who we can bring to the foreground" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri "Many south Asian diasporic families don’t know of their First World War links" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri “It’s important to document ordinary lives as well as changing political and social contexts”

Was the 1990s a golden age for British South Asians? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Asians in 1980s Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Living through Partition . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.