Malhotra, through her poignant observations and extensive research, has uncovered unknown facets of India’s partition for contemporary readers.

Her book Batware ka Dard is an explicit picture of the whole Partition trauma she saw through her own eyes.

Remnants of a Separation is a unique attempt to revisit the Partition through objects that refugees carried with them across the border. These belongings absorb the memory of a time and place, remaining latent and undisturbed for generations.