Derby Museum exhibition to explore legacy of Partition - BBC

A touring accumulation exploring the aftermath of the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan is owed to get astatine a Derby museum.

Project Dastaan volition tally astatine at Derby Museum and Art Gallery until Sunday.

The task includes a virtual world film, inspired by real-life accounts from some sides of the border.

It besides looks astatine ideas astir postcolonial identity, forced migration and the effects of colonisation.

The accumulation volition usage a virtual world docu-drama Child of Empire to exemplify stories of Partition, inspired by real-life accounts from some sides of the border.

A three-part animated series, Lost Migrations, volition besides beryllium screened.

Sparsh Ahuja, laminitis and CEO of Project Dastaan said Partition remained a "deeply idiosyncratic experience" for her 2 grandfathers, who inspired the virtual world Child of Empire film.

"By highlighting the similarities of migration journeys connected either broadside of the border, Child of Empire is simply a reminder that it is mean radical that endure the astir erstwhile nationalisms are created and torn isolated by governmental elites," she said.

Tony Butler, enforcement manager of Derby Museums, said: "For the past 5 years Derby Museums has been moving with the city's diaspora communities, particularly those of Pakistani and Indian heritage, to research the bequest of empire done its satellite cultures collections.

"We are delighted to beryllium hosting Project Dastaan arsenic it volition promote the radical of Derby to recognize the bequest and quality stories of Partition."