50SharesYasser Latif Hamdani challenges the myth that Jinnah demanded a Muslim-majority state similar to the ‘India for Hindus’ demanded by Hindu extremists. He further writes about how Jinnah kept majoritarian impulses at bay following partition. Pakistan was meant to be a Muslims-only country. This is a myth about the logic on which Pakistan was demanded. And […]
Normally, when we read the literature on the partition of India, we feel despondent and low-spirited over the virulent impact it had on the lives of innumerable people. The flashback haunts us one way or the other. Similar was the feeling when I got my hands on ‘Train to Pakistan’ by Khushwant Singh. But as […]
Muhammad Khudadad Chattha explains the evolution of the theory over the last decade and its impact on the social fabric. The Two-Nation Theory explained The two-nation theory formed the basis of the partition of India and the creation of Pakistan in 1947. The theory simply states that Muslims and Hindus of South Asia are two […]
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