Gurinder Chaddha’s film on partition has no real victors – all characters are taken over by a sense of defeat and betrayal. And just as well.
Sanya Dhingra
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There is no way Partition could not have happened. West and East Pakistan, unified by religion and a shared outlook towards India, found they could not coexist. What hope that the rest of us could have shared a kitchen with people with whom we are still not on talking terms … 2. The real tragedy is that the British, with two hundred years of ruling the subcontinent, made such a hash of executing the deed. With a few more months to plan and assemble forces to provide security, ensuring that the exchange of populations was orderly and peaceful, the departing rulers could have prevented the loss of two million lives and a residue of bitterness that the two nations have still not been able to overcome. 3. Should there be a memorial to Partition ? I think we need to forget, not to remember.
There is no way Partition could not have happened. West and East Pakistan, unified by religion and a shared outlook towards India, found they could not coexist. What hope that the rest of us could have shared a kitchen with people with whom we are still not on talking terms … 2. The real tragedy is that the British, with two hundred years of ruling the subcontinent, made such a hash of executing the deed. With a few more months to plan and assemble forces to provide security, ensuring that the exchange of populations was orderly and peaceful, the departing rulers could have prevented the loss of two million lives and a residue of bitterness that the two nations have still not been able to overcome. 3. Should there be a memorial to Partition ? I think we need to forget, not to remember.