Writer Vinay Patel’s Twitter story of Partition in India and Doctor Who episode Demons of the Punjab.
Vinay Patel, the writer of Demons of the Punjab this week’s brilliant episode of Doctor Who took to Twitter while the episode aired to share facts and links to resources on Partition and to give his take on this incredible story.
Here’s the story in full. You can read more about Vinay Patel in our special bio of him here.
*Taps microphone* #DemonsOfThePunjab pic.twitter.com/1TaVBZxdyP
— Vinay Patel (@VinayPatel) November 11, 2018
Nearly there. Auto-tweets here from past Vinay to present you, providing context for #DemonsOfThePunjab. Going to post some info, links and pictures (all my own doing and not the BBCs.). I’m afraid I can’t thread so will be a little disparate. Anyway, good viewing to you all x pic.twitter.com/e230cdx3FG
— Vinay Patel (@VinayPatel) November 11, 2018
Pakistan celebrated independence on the 14th August 1947, India a day later. But the borders defining these two states – drawn up in mere weeks – weren’t announced until the 17th. #DemonsOfThePunjab
— Vinay Patel (@VinayPatel) November 11, 2018
Posted before, but @1947Partition is an incredible resource for learning individual experiences of partition. Hundreds of stories from Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus, old and young, across the subcontinent. #DemonsOfThePunjabhttps://t.co/F1MGcY2CDO | https://t.co/YFab09s65N
— Vinay Patel (@VinayPatel) November 11, 2018
Similarly, the BBC created a few excellent programmes for the 70th anniversary of Partition last year. Sadly, the TV content isn’t up anymore but there are a few clips and the audio content is ace. #DemonsOfThePunjab
BBC – 70 Years On: Partition Stories https://t.co/NUTB1fK4w3
— Vinay Patel (@VinayPatel) November 11, 2018
There’s also a primer written by @0xKimberley on the Radio Times website. #DemonsOfThePunjabhttps://t.co/016bNL6K2q
— Vinay Patel (@VinayPatel) November 11, 2018
Prem (and his brother Kunal) were part of the British Indian Army. He references evacuating during the Battle of Singapore, aka the Fall of Singapore in 1942. The wiki page about that below. #DemonsOfThePunjabhttps://t.co/xyvE2EiFec
— Vinay Patel (@VinayPatel) November 11, 2018
A small PS added today: Had a slightly trippy, auspicious case of life imitating art – went home to see my grandmother before she goes to India next week…and she, knowing nothing of this episode, gave me my dead grandfather’s broken old watch…#DemonsOfThePunjab pic.twitter.com/C3UP0jnU2q
— Vinay Patel (@VinayPatel) November 11, 2018
My closing wish from #AnAdventure (apart from you hiring everyone involved – more on that later) is that you get to have as fulfilling an experience as this, creatively & emotionally at some point in your lives. Never expected such a thing. To have had it has been extraordinary x
— Vinay Patel (@VinayPatel) October 21, 2018
