So it is not surprising that, as part of the BJP’s espousal of the two-nation theory, the party is now openly celebrating ...

In 1947, the Partition of India split British India into new nations—India and Pakistan, with East Pakistan later becoming Bangladesh. A hastily drawn boundary called the Radcliffe Line carved the ...

“It is not easy to kill without repercussions,” said Ashis Nandy, an Indian political psychologist, while speaking about the 1947-48 partition of India to a crowded room in Pembroke Hall. “Even though ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Reporting from Amritsar, India — Amolak Swani’s knobby fingers gripped a cane as she shuffled into the room, her daughter holding her at the elbow. She settled into a chair with a sigh and began ...

Aug 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Growing up, Guneeta Singh Bhalla heard her grandmother describe how she crossed into newly-independent India from Pakistan in 1947 with her young children, ...

In his new book, Midnight's Furies, Nisid Hajari describes the riots and massacres that ensued after Pakistan was established as a separate state,... India's 1947 Partition And The 'Deadly Legacy' ...

Through quiet but searing installations, artist Pritika Chowdhry reckons with violence that ripples through generations: mass displacement, rape and riots tracing back to the snaking borders that ...

Editor’s Note: Aanchal Malhotra is a New Delhi-based artist, oral historian and author of “Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory.” The opinions expressed in this ...