BOOK REVIEW ON “THE REFUGEE WOMAN: PARTITION OF BENGAL, GENDER, AND THE POLITICAL”

AUTHORS –SATYA VRAT PANDEY & GIBRAN RAZA, STUDENTS AT INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY

BEST CITATION – SATYA VRAT PANDEY & GIBRAN RAZA, BOOK REVIEW ON “THE REFUGEE WOMAN: PARTITION OF BENGAL, GENDER, AND THE POLITICAL”, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 4 (1) OF 2024, PG. 106-110, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344.

TITLE OF THE BOOK: “THE REFUGEE WOMAN: PARTITION OF BENGAL, GENDER, AND THE POLITICAL”

AUTHOR: PAULOMI CHAKRABORTY

PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 27 JULY 2018

Abstract

This is a book review ofThe Refugee Woman: Partition of Bengal, Gender, and the Political by Paulomi Chakraborty, which highlights the effects of partition on the condition of women refugees and how refugee women predominantly impacted the political movements across India and give these movements a more gendered approach. Its clear, succinct, and easy-to-read format supports its claim to be a brief introduction and proves its usefulness as a valuable reference on women refugees in India with special emphasis on Bengali women. In the starting, the authors give a short overview of the book, moving forward, the authors highlight how the book contributes to the existing literature and lastly, the authors highlight the critiques found in the book during the book review. This review treats the critiques of the book as a point of departure to probe deeper into critical questions that the rights of refugee women face today.