Inheritance of ‘Enemy’ Property by Indian Citizens Is Still a Bit of Unfinished Business of Partition
The long shadows of 1947 still reach this democratic and secular democracy. As the country waves flags and celebrates the 75th anniversary of India’s independence, it is also time to take stock. What did India’s founders and citizens dream of, how has India fared, what have been our challenges and successes? The Wire’s reporters and […]Read More
Akal Takht’s call for partition prayers grounded in identity of undivided Punjab
The prayer call is a reckoning with an inextricable part of Greater Punjab’s dark past. The Akal Takht’s move rises above high politics and takes a deep dive, at the same time, into the region’s personal narrative and identity. Born and raised in New Delhi, I speak Punjabi which doesn’t sound like the Punjabi of […]Read More
Rajeev Shukla Does an Autopsy on What Politics Can Do When Injected With Religion
The journalist-turned-Congress MP’s book, ‘Scars of 1947: Real Partition Stories’ is not only timely, it tells real stories of how religion turned humans against humans, brutally uprooting 14 million people. The main reason Manmohan Singh did not want to revisit Gah village in Pakistan where he was born was because of the brutal and treacherous […]Read More
India and Pakistan Must Let Their People Meet – Before it’s Too Late
When strategic analysts dismiss the utility of people-to-people contacts, they forget the role of such linkages in blunting the narrative of countering misconceptions and hate. The past few months have seen several instances of tearful reunions with members of divided families from either side of Punjab in Pakistan and India meeting, after years of enforced […]Read More
