At a recent webinar about the Partition of Punjab held by the Sikh Council for Interfaith Relations, three scholars — one Hindu, one Muslim and one Sikh — related their families’ experiences.

Photograph via Associated Press But within hours, the long-awaited transition of power—and the partition of India into two nations, majority-Hindu India and majority-Muslim Pakistan—had become ...

NEW YORK, NY – This summer, Penguin Classics will take us back to the turbulent beginnings of Partition with two ... Through the eyes of Aliya, a Muslim girl, the novel reveals how the personal ...

Before partition we were like one family Muslim, Sikh and Hindu. Nobody ever thought there would be a partition. My mind is still confused why people changed so quickly. Muslims from outside came ...

Partition created two new nations In August 1947, Britain divided India, its former colony, into two countries — Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan. The fate of Kashmir — then ...

AR: The national mourning efforts required to heal the scars of the Partition necessitate focus. The affection between Hindu-Muslim couples is a progression towards grief, allowing us to envision ...

In 1992, Hindu mobs destroyed the 16th-century mosque, sparking the worst religious riots in India since independence and partition. The riots killed more than 2,000 people, most of them Muslims.