Beyond 1947 is a personal essay by Sunita Chowdhurie about the two grandmothers who shaped her, women who never called it Independence, only Partition. Through memory, food, and quiet endurance, it traces what was lost and rebuilt when a border cut through Bengal.

Grandmothers are universally acknowledged as the epitome of sass and grace.

Some of my most fervent memories from my chaotically loving childhood is of my Nanuji gathering all of us cousins, big bowl of rice and curry in hand ready to be prepped into balls and stuffed into our ravenous mouths, while reading Sukumar Ray’s 'Hajabarala' and 'Abol Tabol'.