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Times: This is heartbreaking and maddening — India and unending Partition

October 6, 2019 1:27 pm

But the nation state, especially when allied with religion, will always make you choose.

“Mr. Bheel is wracked by doubt, the same doubt his grandfather had when he chose to keep the family in Pakistan during partition. Did he make the right choice?”  [My emphasis]

“Hard Times Have Pakistani Hindus Looking to India, Where Some Find Only Disappointment“

Bhagchand Bheel and his family came to India from Karachi, Pakistan, in 2014. At first he hoped that being part of a Hindu majority would make life better. “Then you arrive and realize it’s much different,” he said.CreditSaumya Khandelwal for The New York Times

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Tags: Hinduism, Hindus, Indian Musims, Indian Partition, Islam, Modi, Muslim, Pakistani Hindus

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