Ghosts of the partition
13th March 2008
It is not a simple thing. Muslims slaughtered Hindus. Muslims helped Hindus. Hindus slaughtered Muslims. Hindus helped Muslims. And the amazing thing is that the British — looking forward to some idealistic age in which religion just wouldn’t matter all that much — tried to act as if religion already didn’t matter all that much.
India is on the front lines of the defense against Islam. What they went through could be in our future. It would be a very good idea if we all familiarized ourselves with what happened then. If you can’t afford to buy the book, get it from your local public library.