The Indian Partition of 1947 marked a cataclysmic event in the subcontinent’s history, resulting in the division of British India into two separate nations, India and Pakistan. It caused a wave of bloodshed, enormous migrations, tremendous human misery, and wounds that are still present in the collective memory of both countries. Over many years, artists, writers, filmmakers, and academics have struggled with the challenge of portraying this trauma’s intricacies and ramifications through a variety of artistic genres to aestheticize it. The role of memory, which functions as a powerful force in the endeavour of creative representation and mediation, is of the utmost importance to the success of this undertaking. The chapter explores how memory may act as both a catalyst and an impediment in the process of aestheticizing historical events and painful experiences. Additionally, it aims to analyse how the interaction of remembering, forgetting, and aesthetics helps the process of healing and reconciliation in a community. When one confronts the traumatic experience using the medium of artistic representation, the confines of memory are expanded and amended, thus making way for the emergence of new ways of interpretations and discourse. While both remembering and forgetting play such an important role in the construction of historical narratives, the process of aestheticizing traumatic experiences calls for careful negotiation between the two. Ultimately, art and literature prove to be a transformational force that, in the face of enormous sorrow, may assist healing, mediation, and the retention of historical consciousness.