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India Annexes Kashmir and Brings Us Back to Partition By Mohammed Hanif

LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani kids are taught in and out of school that Kashmir is our “shah rug” (jugular vein). Indians believe that Kashmir is their “atoot ang” (indispensable body part). Urdu and Persian poetry is full of paeans to the beauty … Continue reading

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India and Pakistan: Forever rivals?

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Witness – Going Back to Pakistan: 70 Years After Partition

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How Sunil Dutt’s uncle and Inzamam-ul-Haq’s family were saved during Partition violence

During the dark years of Nazi rule in Germany, there were Germans who overcame their fears of the Schutzstaffel, or SS – a paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party – and Gestapo, the state secret police, to … Continue reading

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Body politic: Women in the cinema of Partition – Feryal Ali Gauhar

Jimi Mistry and Kristin Kreuk in Partition (2007) | IMDb The cinematic experience is a gratifying hoax, predicated on a suspension of disbelief. We are convinced that all the disparate elements contributing to the production of a filmic experience – … Continue reading

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