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Partition: Novelists' views of India and Pakistan now

Neel Mukherjee, Preti Taneja, Mohsin Hamid and Nadeem Aslam talk borders and migration with Anne McElvoy, plus Gurindher Chadha on her film about Partition, Viceroy's House.

Neel Mukherjee, Preti Taneja, Mohsin Hamid and Nadeem Aslam talk borders, migration, love and religious differences with Anne McElvoy, plus Gurindher Chadha on her film about partition Viceroy's House.

Neel Mukherjee's latest novel is called A State of Freedom
Mohsin Hamid's latest novel is Exit West
Nadeem Aslam's latest novel is The Golden Legend
Preti Taneja is a Radio 3 New Generation Thinker. Her debut novel is We That Are Young. You can find Preti discussing films inspired by partition as an audio clip on the Free Thinking website.

Viceroy's House was on general release earlier this year.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod.

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Anne McElvoy
Interviewed Guest Gurinder Chadha
Interviewed Guest Neel Mukherjee
Interviewed Guest Preti Taneja
Interviewed Guest Mohsin Hamid
Interviewed Guest Nadeem Aslam
Producer Torquil MacLeod

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  • Mon 14 Aug 2017 22:00

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