The book discusses the lack of sensitivity among policymakers in acknowledging the distinct socio-cultural differences and linguistic and community identities of the refugees that often got merged. It explores how different categories of refugees received different treatments.
The pre-launch of a book conceived off an archive gets The Telegraph thinking about Partition and how it shaped the electoral choices of a generation for their entire lifetime
The pre-launch of a book conceived off an archive gets The Telegraph thinking about Partition and how it shaped the electoral choices of a generation for their entire lifetime
In 1947, “United India” got vivisected, in which Punjab and Bengal experienced the divide. This political separation compelled at least 15 million religious minorities to leave their respective “homelands” in search of safe shelters and security of life. Partition violence killed between one and two million people in 1947.