"India is free but she has not achieved unity, only a fissured and broken freedom.... The old communal division into H…"

"The most important departure from determinism during the Cold War had to do, obviously, with hot wars. Prior to 1945,…"

"[T]he opposition of fanatical Hinduism to partition did not and could not make any sense, for one of the forces that …"

"One ought not to forget that the terrible war of 1947 in India between the Muslims and Hindus was fought on a purely …"

"The single most dramatic instance of religious cleansing took place in 1947, removing the Hindu presence completely f…"

"But history moves in strange ways, and yesterday's disaster may be today's blessing. For Hinduism as such, Partition …"

"Moreover, the British Labour government had decided to relinquish the burdens of its vast empire. However, its hasty …"

"India had barely become independent, in 1947, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, which at the time was ruled by a maharaj…"

"Shortly after the failure of the Cripps Mission, Gandhi effectively conceded Partition even in front of his own suppo…"

"The creation of India and Pakistan were pyrrhic victories for their denizens because the political, socioeconomic, ps…"