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The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan Yasmin Khan
Publisher: Yale University Press

Oct 14, 2013 - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, re-elected in May after years in opposition and exile, says he favors deal-making with India. Oct 5, 2010 - 5) Yasmin Khan's The Great Partition[1] is a recent example of the narrative-approach propagated by Talbot and Singh, but in comparison, The Partition of India is a more clearly structured and accessible book with didactically well-formulated introductions and conclusions to each chapter. Pakistan seeks to revise the way borders were drawn after the partition of British India, while India will never yield territorial concessions. Nov 27, 2013 - In the outset Jinnahs' idea of making another Secular Pakistan by breaking up from a already secular India was a stupid & a dangerous idea! Dec 10, 2013 - The most applicable case-study, of course, is the Indo-Pakistani partition of 1947, after which thousands of Hindus and Muslims alike were killed for refusing to part with their jobs, homes, and communities to cross the newly formed border. The great partition: The making of India and Pakistan. 1 day ago - honor killing, women, Pakistan, Islam, If you dislike them, it maybe that you dislike a thing and Allāh brings through it a great deal of good.” (Qurʾān, 4:19). Even the whole As you say, it's been 60 years plus since partition. What's the need of a secular country when India is already secular? The pre-independence Indian Muslim League's impassioned case for the separation of Khan, Y. Above all, besides this forced marriage concept, Pakistan's official Council of Islamic Ideology is more absorbed in legalizing child marriages and making a rape victim a culprit and liable to be stoned till death. Speaking of Chapter 2 leads us down the road to 1947, giving us an overview of the contested history of Muslim separatism and the emergence of the demand for Pakistan. Pakistan, like many other second-fiddle states, rejects the hegemonic pretensions of its larger regional neighbor, while a growing India aims for a seat at the table of the world's great powers.