By 1945, 2.5 million Indians had volunteered to fight for the Allies during World War II (WWII). Thirty of them won Victoria crosses, and more than 87,000 died. Yet, in India and the world, they remain uncommemorated and unremembered. Fulbright scholar Annu Palakunnathu Matthew will parse out the confluence of factors that played a role […]
By 1945, 2.5 million Indians had volunteered to fight for the Allies during World War II (WWII). Thirty of them won Victoria crosses, and more than 87,000 died. Yet, in India and the world, they remain uncommemorated and unremembered. Fulbright scholar Annu Palakunnathu Matthew will parse out the confluence of factors that played a role […]
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 6 – 7 pm Join the Curator: A Conversation with Annu Palakunnathu Matthew (virtual) This fall, as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, artist and scholar Annu Palakunnathu Matthew sheds light on a lesser-known aspect of that conflict through her recent work based on archival photographs of Indian soldiers. Join the artist, along with curators Asma […]