Representing Indian Partition in Subaltern Studies‚ Bapsi Sidhwa’s Cracking India I. Subaltern Studies: Silence of History of Partition and Subaltern In 1947‚ India gained its independence following 350 years of British colonization. At the same time‚ due to the serious communal conflicts that had long existed among the three main communities in India—Hindus‚ Muslims‚ and Sikhs‚ the Independence brought the Partition of India to create two newly independent nations: India and Pakistan.
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Independence and partition. Earlier Indian nationalism was a weapon utilized by the freedom fighters in their struggle against foreignrulers. However‚ this struggle could not even ensure the territorical integrity of India. Partition was viewed as the price for political freedom from British colonial rule. After partition‚ nationalism in the Indian context changed its meaning to exclude people on the other side of the border‚ both in East and West Pakistan. So different viewpoints of Partition‚ nationalism
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30) enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom promulgating the partition of India and the independence of the dominions of Pakistan and India. The Act received royal assent on 18 July 1947. The legislation was formulated by the government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee‚ after representatives of the Indian National Congress‚[1] the Muslim League‚[2] and the Sikh community[3] came to an agreement with the Viceroy of India‚ Lord Mountbatten of Burma‚ on what has come to be known as the 3 June
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Qno: 1. Ideology of Pakistan? ANSWER: Introduction Pakistan is an ideological state and the ideology of Pakistan is an Islamic Ideology. Its basic principles being: “The only Sovereign is Allah.” Ideology of Pakistan basically means that Pakistan should be a state where the Muslims should have an opportunity to live according to the faith and creed based on the Islamic principles. Quaid-e-Azam once said: “Pakistan was created the day the first Indian national entered the field of Islam
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Pakistan: Foreign Policy Pakistan‚ a land of many splendors and opportunities‚ a repository of a unique blend of history and culture for both the East and West has been the cradle of one of the oldest civilizations. The Indus valley‚ is the ninth most populous Area in the world‚ with 134 million tough‚ conscientious‚ hard working people wishing and striving hard to enter into the 21st century as equal partners in the community of the different developed nations. During the last 20 years Pakistan’s
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dispute with India. The exchange of fire between their forces across the Line of Control‚ which separates Azad Kashmir from Occupied Kashmir‚ is a routine affair. Now that‚ both India and Pakistan have acquired nuclear weapons potential‚ the possibility of a third war‚ between them over Kashmir‚ which may involve the use of nuclear weapons‚ cannot be ruled out. According to the instruments of partition of India‚ the rulers of princely states were given the choice to freely accede to either India or Pakistan
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educational field because they readily acquired English education. The Muslims were not able to acquire modern knowledge so they lacked behind in education. POLITICAL DIFFERENCE There were many political differences which gave both to the partition of India.
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Khamosh Pani is set in The Charkhi village‚ in Pakistan in the year 1979. The film revolves around the concept of the trauma and atrocities faced by Ayesha (and many other women‚ Muslim and Hindu) during the time of the Partition of India and Pakistan. It deals with a side of Partition that we haven’t explored ever before. Watching the film gave me and insight about a whole new history that I had never imagined. Ayesha is the embodiment of women who were mercilessly abducted‚ and raped. She‚ along
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psychosomatic issues have become the main concerns of the novelists. Not only in the history of India but also in the history of the world‚ the Partition of India has been documented as the most lethal incidence‚ the entire humanity has ever witnessed. Indubitably‚ the partition loiters as an unforgettable event‚ not only for its political significance in the emergence of the Sovereignties of India and Pakistan‚ but also for its lasting impact of monstrosity and horrific emotional duress. The people
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side of the South Asian subcontinent and is bordered by India in the east‚ west and north; by a small part of Myanmar in the south-east and by the Bay of Bengal in the south. Bangladesh is mainly a flat alluvial plain‚ criss-crossed by the world’s three mighty river systems‚ namely the Padma‚ the Jamuna and the Meghna and their innumerable tributaries. The borders of present-day Bangladesh were established with the partition of Bengal and India in 1947‚ when the region became East Pakistan‚ part of
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