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TopicPartition

Topic: Partition

Bengal Partition stories aren’t like Punjab. You won’t find violence, but a world was lost

In 'The Bleeding Border', editors Joyjit Ghosh and Mir Ahammad Ali give a rare insight into the nature of Bengal partition.

Shahjahanabad to Old Delhi to Delhi 6 — How Indian Muslims lost the plot

In 'Making Place for Muslims in Contemporary India', Kalyani Devaki Menon traces how Delhi 6 became a safe space for Muslims in an increasingly hostile world.

When Muslim League and Congress agreed to Partition plan ‘behind the scenes’

In 'The 1947 Partition of British India', Jennifer Leaning gives less-known accounts of the Partition plan.

75 years after Partition, 44% of Indians would back reunification with Pakistan, finds survey

CVoter-CPR survey aims to 'take stock' 75 years after Partition, asking people a series of questions on political, economic, social, and religious issues.

Sylhetis were separated by Partition. Now, Indo-Bangladesh festival aims to bring them together

Silchar-Sylhet Festival, to be held this October in Assam, seeks to celebrate cross-border Sylheti culture. It will 'showcase tribal culture, cuisine, arts, crafts, entertainment'.

India did not deserve an MK Gandhi at that time. He was ahead of his times: Ram Madhav

In ‘Partitioned Freedom’, Ram Madhav writes about division of hearts rather than territory in 1947.

Oral stories to Nehru’s gift to Pakistani cricket team—a Delhi exhibition remembers Partition

There are sections dedicated to Dalit refugees, women, and children. A common thread runs through many of the items on display: Hope.

Emotions in West Bengal boiled over in 1950. Media was ‘inciting’, so was Hindu Mahasabha

In 'Caste and Partition in Bengal', Sekhar Bandyopadhyay and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhuri talk about a critical aspect of the Dalit exodus during 1950 in Bengal.

British gave India ‘freedom to hate’. We are staring at Partition violence again

Neither the State nor any people have taken responsibility for the mass killings during Partition. That's why India is condemned to repeat that history.

Rawalpindi reunion—Pakistan is celebrating 90-year-old Pune woman’s homecoming after Partition

Reena Varma had been trying to obtain a visa since 1965 to visit her Rawalpindi home. Finally, now her dreams have come true thanks to social media.

On Camera

What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.