The end of British colonial rule birthed two sovereign nations—but hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. 75 years later, memories of Partition still haunt survivors.
The Partition of India in 1947 –corresponding to the dissolution of the Raj – led to the creation of Pakistan, which was set up to aggregate the majority Muslim regions from the colonial state. An independent India was set up to include the majority non-Muslim regions. Today, roughly 97%...
After Independence, they set up another textile business in Dhaka, which they had to abandon when East Pakistan separated from its western wing in 1971. The third death and rebirth of the family’s business came in 1987, while Amir was still enrolled in Lahore’s Aitchison College, though ...
A Japanese man asked my husband where he was from. Hubby responds ‘England.’ The man then bursts out laughing, points at another man and says ‘He’s Korean.’ Their entire group of 4-5 adult (40sish) men burst out laughing, including the ‘Korean’ man who was clearly embarrassed....
Well I don’t like Obama’s policy towards Afghanistan & Pakistan, of which he said he wants to bring tens of thousands more troop, maybe even reinstating the draft. Another thing which does not bode well for Obama is Mr. Berg vs. Obama, he still had not provided real proof of his ...
… So, the war of 1971 was for separation or secession, not for independence but liberation …. It’s also true, had there been no Pakistan on the basis of the Two-Nation theory, no Bangladesh would have ever been possible. —Ahmed Sharif,Kaler Darpane Swadesh, Muktodhara, Dhaka 1985,...
Many other countries, besides those in the Eurozone, are experiencing low currencies relative to the dollar. Some examples include Argentina, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Turkey, Japan, and South Korea. China has problems with developers of condominium homes for its citizen. Many of ...
lucky I’m british…thank you allah fior providing a fortunate life and easy tests….i continue to imagine; If charity was land, then this place represents the amount of charity between people and countries compared to the vast land of the country….I have arrived in india, 2mins to ...
For example, recent surveys assessing individuals from the US, China, India, and Pakistan found that greater perception of the risk and severity of COVID-19, greater news monitoring, and perceived scarcity were associated with more panic buying (Clemens et al., 2020; Islam et al., 2020; ...
standing at nine minutes to midnight, reflect continuing and real danger from nuclear weapons. The recent addition of India and Pakistan to the list of nuclear powers has increased the threat of failure of the nonproliferation goal, and this danger was reflected by moving the hands closer to mid...