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@article{193208,
        author = {Temsuinla Longkumer},
        title = {The Scented Tapestry: Memory And Identity In Aanchal Malhotra’s The Book Of Everlasting Things},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {12},
        number = {no},
        pages = {31-37},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=193208},
        abstract = {Aanchal Malhotra’s The Book of Everlasting Things highlights the enduring psychological and social repercussions of forced migration by foregrounding the lived realities of Partition-era Lahore. It also effectively illustrates the concept of loss, encompassing not only the deprivation of material possessions but also the enduring impact of inherited grief and the trauma that spans generations. In the context of her characters, memory functions as both a foundational element and a source of anguish. It serves to preserve love and contribute to identity formation, while simultaneously acting as a painful archive of irreversible separation and yearning. This paper examines the intricacies of memory and its relation to identity construction, which are continually negotiated through shared memories of homeland and family, drawing on Maurice Halbwachs’ conceptualisation of collective memory as a socially mediated framework. Halbwachs’ theory reveals that memory is not a solitary possession; rather, it is cultivated and performed within social groups that endow personal remembrance with meaning and legitimacy. The analysis thus interrogates whether displaced individuals, cut off from familiar geographies, can maintain a coherent sense of self anchored in collective practices and frameworks of memory, even as borders and nations dislocate them.},
        keywords = {loss, identity, homeland, memory, past, borders},
        month = {},
        }