The unfinished Partition of India and Pakistan
Seventy years after the two countries split, many Hindus and Muslims are still trying to separate
EVERY year in mid-August India and Pakistan celebrate their independence in much the same way. School kids sing anthems; politicians make speeches; soldiers rattle sabres. The two countries share a quieter, more introspective ritual too: memories are hauled out and dusted off and then, after a great deal of tut-tutting and head-shaking over the folly and sorrow of Partition, they are put away again, and the forgetting resumes.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “The unfinished Partition”
Asia August 19th 2017
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