Planetary India: seventy five years of Indian Independence
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Today is the seventy fifth anniversary of India’s independence from British rule. It was a monumental achievement built on the sacrifice of millions. Independence itself was a violent affair, as it came with the Partition of India into India, Pakistan and further on, Bangladesh. I grew up in a neighborhood in Delhi where most families (not mine) were Hindus and Sikhs from what became Pakistan. The wounds and memories of life before partition were still alive in my neighbor’s lives. The patriarch of my landlord’s family read a Punjabi newspaper in the Persian script until the day he died.
Planetary India: seventy five years of Indian Independence
Planetary India: seventy five years of Indian…
Planetary India: seventy five years of Indian Independence
Today is the seventy fifth anniversary of India’s independence from British rule. It was a monumental achievement built on the sacrifice of millions. Independence itself was a violent affair, as it came with the Partition of India into India, Pakistan and further on, Bangladesh. I grew up in a neighborhood in Delhi where most families (not mine) were Hindus and Sikhs from what became Pakistan. The wounds and memories of life before partition were still alive in my neighbor’s lives. The patriarch of my landlord’s family read a Punjabi newspaper in the Persian script until the day he died.