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How the bold, hopeful visions of self-determination in Britain’s eastern colonies curdled into a more militant nationalism by the end of the second world war.
Tickets are going for as high as $40,000 on the secondary market.
Thanks to a strong oral Urdu literary tradition in South Asia, poems from the past linger in the popular imagination.
Religious, racial and class-based differences often get politicized.
This adaptation is set in Bengal in 1899, where rumours that the British Empire’s plans for partition have spread.
In Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian government is using tourism as a tactic to strengthen its colonial control of the region.
Economic growth picked up significantly for both India and Pakistan after independence, but they’ve chosen very different paths since.
Rushdie’s books have inspired generations of readers and writers – and a recent attempt to kill him.
Jinnah insisted on secular education, gender equality and equal rights for minorities – all of which remain unrealized dreams in Pakistan.
The fate of the so-called princely states was a particularly contentious issue during India’s Partition, which killed about 1 million people and left millions more displaced.
Nehru was a fervent believer in what became known as ‘non-alignment’ — perhaps his greatest contribution to the 20th century world.
Many women, Muslims and members of oppressed castes in India lack government-issued ID. Yet these documents may soon be required to prove their citizenship.
As Kashmir faces new challenges, our forms of allyship must also evolve. Perhaps we can learn some lessons from its kitchens.
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We focus on Kashmir in the third part of our India Tomorrow podcast series: its history, the lives of its people, and the conflict over its future.
The partition of India led to more than a million deaths. A scholar argues how British royal, Lord Louis Mountbatten, who hurriedly drew the new borders in secret, was largely responsible.
At midnight on August 15, 1947, India achieved freedom from more than two centuries of colonial rule. Hours earlier, Pakistan was declared a new nation. Was partition inevitable?
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