Tag: partition
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Pakistan’s pathways to capitulation
The events surrounding the resignation of Prof Atif Mian from Pakistan’s Economic Advisory Council for reasons that have nothing to do with economics or advice-giving do not need retelling. Collectively, it is a tragic story of bad planning, cowardice, and capitulation; one that we have seen repeated several times in the past albeit with different …
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September 11, 2018 -
Only 2 of 170 Punjab Assembly members favoured Partition
In an interesting revelation, it has come to notice that before Partition, when the proposal to bifurcate undivided Punjab was being discussed, only two Muslim members were there in the then 170-member state Assembly. These two members who favoured division of Punjab between Indian and Pakistan were part of the Muslim League (All India Muslim …
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December 5, 2017 -
No space for vigilantes
For Karl Marx, the media was the “most general way for individuals to communicate their intellectual being. It knows no reputation of a person, but only the reputation of intelligence.” He was of the view that a revolutionary movement must partake in public life and educate the proletariat and that it is necessary to protect …
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November 22, 2017 -
When a Sufi shrine was stolen from Pakistan…
A collection of short stories inspired by a true event that took place during the chaos and frenzy following the India-Pakistan partition is set for September launch. The book titled Gul Sundri is written by Mohan Deep. The stories unfolded from an event–when a Sufi shrine was stolen at midnight and smuggled from Larkana, Sindh, to Bombay where the durbar …
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September 2, 2017 -
Remembering painful tales of partition
The partition of India in 1947, which gave birth to Pakistan, left hundreds of thousands with dislocated homes. The borders might have been drawn between the two countries but what could not be separated are the tales of pain, agony and bereavement that the people went through during partition. A latest book "Bridge Across The …
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July 4, 2017 -