The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan, by Yasmin Khan, is both a detailed and brisk history of one of the largest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. This work is not only about the creation of two countries, but the infinitely complex topic of decolonization, post-colonization, ethnic and religious conflict, political polarization, regional disputes, and national identity.
In the process of all of this, millions of people living in the Indian sub-continent were displaced, and millions died. Khan presents all of this with intelligence and compassion.
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