Partition of India

Echoes of Partition

By the river Icchamati, where history divides and unites, the remnants of the Taki Zamindari House stand as a testament to a bygone era.

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If a zero-tolerance policy is adopted in dealing with the criminals who designed and carried out the recent mayhem against Hindus, that will reverse the 75-year-old tide of injustice against minorities in that country. Bangladesh has no answer as to why the Hindu population in that country reduced from nearly 30 per cent in 1947 to about 8 per cent today.

‘Glad India was partitioned’: Congress leader K Natwar Singh

'Also, it could have been impossible for the simple reason that the Muslim League wouldn't have allowed the country to function,' he said.

Of surrogacy, life, relations and Partition

See how two women discover the best and the worst about India’s surrogacy industry; discover another meaning of life from…

Pages from a harrowing past

The Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 has become indissolubly linked to horrific, haunting images of armed gangs or…

Tales of India-Pakistan Partition to go public

A collection of horrific and emotional tales of the Partition of India with over 4,300 witness interviews is set to…

By IANS

06 August, 2017 8 mins read