MFA in Writing student Vijay Kachru receives the Edney Masters Scholarship for International Understanding through the Humanities & Fine Arts
Congratulations to Vijay Kachru for her Edney Masters Scholarship
MFA in Writing student Vijay Kachru has been selected as the recipient of the Dick and Mary Edney Masters Scholarship for International Understanding through Humanities and Fine Arts for the 2017-18 academic year. Vijay is working on her thesis project to write a literary novel exploring the aftermath of the Indian partition in 1947. This narrative will be informed by archival research of the verbal and written testimonies of the victims and their descendents. For this, Vijay plans to travel to India to study first-hand accounts in archives at Delhi and Punjab universities to build a research foundation on which to tell these women's stories.
In this way, Vijay's thesis project aims to reach a wide audience to enhance understanding of Punjabi women's presence in Canada.