every heart; it's the same here and there... Funeral pyres in every home; the flames mount higher Every city is deserted; it's the same here and there.. No one heeds the Gita; no one heeds the Koran Faith has lost all meaning; here or there...." The partition of India and its subsequent independence is the most barbaric incident in the history of India. Millions of people were forced to leave their homes and many were butchered in the worst possible ways. There was an unorganised and unplanned brutality
In 1947, the partition of India on the departure of British colonial power laid the seed for widespread bloodshed, Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin pioneer a new understanding of partition through the voices of affected women for the first time, whose stories were buried under the dust of time and the blankets of the patriarch. Authors, Ritu Menon and Kamla Bhasin both have strong roots in women’s studies. Menon as an independent scholar and publisher focused on violence against women, and Bhasin for
Bhalla, for instance, in his presentation to an accumulation of Partition stories in English interpretation states that regarding the matter of Partition, there is not only an absence of incredible expositive expression, there is, all the more genuinely, an absence of extraordinary history Indeed, if this is accurate to any degree, this is maybe on the grounds that Indian historiography has centered more on Independence than on Partition, more on the bringing together constrain of patriotism than the
The partition of Indian subcontinent into Pakistan and India in 1947 left unresolved the status of Kashmir, after 60-70 years it is clear that Pakistan must recognize that India has Kashmir and that the conflict has been settled over time, and most people are happy with that fact. There has been a continual use of force by the upset and unhappy people of Pakistan. The tension between India and Pakistan has continued for over six decades and at an enormous cost. This partition is one of the biggest
The Partition of India in August, 1947 was a significant event in history that accounted for the separation of one of the world’s oldest civilization into two, independent nations – Pakistan and India. Like many other wars in history, The Partition of India was instigated by religious, political and social conflict. This resulted in violence, discrimination and the largest human displacement in contemporary history. While the Partition was well-studied, much of our understanding was focused on the
During Partition of India, it is now estimated that more than 75,000 women were kidnapped and raped. As there was total pandemonium at that time, there were no genuine records which can be used to verify these facts and figures. There was an iota of doubt that the number was larger than what was declared. Immediately the state was made alert of the problem of lost women by means of the reports filed by their respective families. The state constituted search committees consisting of social workers
The 1947 partition of India and Pakistan influenced the Indian Film Industry, more commonly known as Bollywood, to produce films that sought to evoke Indian nationalism not only directly after the Partition, but also continuing throughout the 20th century. Films associated with the split between the two nations celebrated India as it transitioned from colonization to independence, while also demonizing Pakistan and thus creating an extremely intense anti-Pakistani sentiment throughout India. In particular
The Partition of India in 1947 was one of the greatest social upheavals. Massive migrations were chaos as widespread communal violence broke out between the Hindu, Sikh and Muslim communities. The abduction of women was one form of such violence. This act of violence against women was not limited to a particular group, every woman was vulnerable to forced removal from their families, sexual violence – rape, mutilation branding, and later, being passed like chattels from one abductor to another. Subsequently
strife all throughout India. There is a long history of violence between the two, so it was only a matter of time before India split apart. The Partition of India was a decree written mostly by the All-India Muslim League that created the separate nation of Pakistan. The Indian state of East Punjab was created in 1947 for the Hindus, when the Partition of India split the former British province of Punjab between India and Pakistan (Hasan 35). The Muslim exodus from India, as well as the Hindu
fundamentally between Ice Candy Man and Train to Pakistan for the depiction of the diverse parts of Partition by the two essayists in these books. The Partition of India in 1947 influenced a large number of individuals (Hasan I) and keeps on influencing the individuals and the nations work today, and is dreaded to be more regrettable than Holocaust. Sidhwa in Ice Candy Man indicates that before the Partition, the distinctive groups and religions existed in peace and concordance socially, socially and