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5 books and films that tell the story of the trauma of the Partition of India and its aftermath

  • Written by Madhur Anand, Professor & Director, Global Ecological Change & Sustainability Laboratory, University of Guelph
imageMuslim refugees sit on the roof of an overcrowded coach railway train near New Delhi, trying to leave India after the 1947 Partition.AP Photo

Editor’s note: At midnight on Aug. 14, 1947, India achieved independence from British colonial rule and Pakistan was created as a separate homeland for Muslims. More than 200 years of British rule had...

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