#1947 partition

[pressedwallflower]

Stills from The Miniaturist of Junagadh (2021), dir. Kaushal Oza

[raciallyconfused]

india was NOT ‘split by the british’. it was split by the repeated attempts of Hindu politicians to subjugate the Muslims and erase their language culture and religion.

[prodreemer]

Today my mom told me about my grandparents' experience of the 1947 partition (more than my bibi had ever wanted to share). I was never told of the violent mobs they had to face or that we had a relative who made it to East Punjab alive but his entire family was slaughtered before his eyes. Can’t even imagine the impact of that trauma.

My grandfather would have a breakdown anytime the topic came up. He took it the hardest because he had to bid goodbye to his childhood best friend who was muslim. When he did acquire a visa and came back to visit years later. It was a tearful reunion.

She then told me about the purity in Guru Nanak's heart and how his death symbolized a foretelling of the religious divide that would take place in Punjab. People segregated in the same way his shawl was divided after his passing rather than listening to the message of unity and oneness he intended to leave behind with the flowers.

It's incredibly rare that my mom opened up to me in this way today. She's rarely gone out of her way to teach me anything pertaining to our history or roots before. I saw a very soft and pure side to her today, one that I haven't seen in years. 

[raciallyconfused]

lives torn asunder

homes set ablaze

bodies lying in the street

their blood threading through it’s veins

millions buried

deep in mass graves

thousands

scarred

slaughtered

raped

and only silent

screams of pain

broken bodies reach

the promised land

only their souls erased

-maryam kiyani

[minimosquitogirl]

My dream is one day I live to see Punjab reunification, or at the very least friendly relations and open crossing between the Pakistani and Indian parts of Punjab. I don’t know if anything else can heal the deep wounds of Partition that continue to scar us.

[beenasarwar]

“The American partition”: Watching a familiar horror movie unfold

 A migrant from Pakistan sees striking parallels between the 1947 Partition of British India and the current political schism in the United States. Is America repeating the same “divide and rule” history that fractured the subcontinent? Commentary By Ali Azad / Sapan News The Partition of British India in 1947, which created India and Pakistan, is often remembered as a singular, closed chapter…

“The American partition”: Watching a familiar horror movie unfold

[beenasarwar]

A tale of two Punjabs

In a startling coincidence, two editorials in newspapers on either side of the border in India and Pakistan took up the same thing on the same day. Divided in blood and gore, both countries are united in perpetuating the colonial hierarchies of institutional injustice that its revolutionaries laid down their lives for. By Anuradha Bhasin / Sapan News Two editorials on either side of the border…

A tale of two Punjabs

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Culprits of partition of India: Lohia's Bold Critique Unveiled

Culprits of partition of India: Lohia’s Bold Critique Unveiled भारत विभाजन के गुनहगार: एक गहन विश्लेषण और सच्चाई की गहराई| भारत का विभाजन– वह काला अध्याय जो 1947 में हमारे देश को दो टुकड़ों में बांट गया। लाखों जानें गईं, करोड़ों विस्थापित हुए, और एक ऐसा जख्म पैदा हुआ जो आज भी कचोटता है। डॉ. राम मनोहर लोहिया की किताब ‘भारत विभाजन के गुनहगार’ इस दर्दनाक घटना की गहराई में उतरती है। यह किताब सिर्फ…

Culprits of partition of India: Lohia's Bold Critique Unveiled