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Victims and beneficiaries of Partition
In case of agricultural property located in western Punjab, Sikhs & Hindus were losers, Muslim mohajirs beneficiaries.
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The ‘new land’ in Punjab
Of total land allotted for new colonies, 80 per cent went to Muslims, mostly from Multan, Lahore & Amritsar Districts.
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The seeds of discontent and conflict
It is worth exploring how the partition contributed to the sowing seeds of discontent among various groups in Punjab
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Punjab’s ‘cleansing’
Punjab suffered total ethnic cleansing in the wake of the bloodiest riots that took place at the time of partition.
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Partition riots, sacrifices and Jihad
Askari’s case shows how the newly-created state adhered to ‘national’ narrative on Partition, riots, ethnic cleansing.
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The need to analyse past events
The only practical course left is to know truth, so that community could move on in an informed way to reconciliation.
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Competing narratives of Partition violence
Sindh did not undergo“retributive genocide” & consequent total ethnic cleansing that partitioned Punjab suffered.
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Who decides?
Once a girl child turns an adult, her haya grows up into family’s izzat, to be protected by its counterpart, ghairat.
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Who am I?
The first thing a person trying to answer of who they are, is supposed to come up with the name of his caste or tribe.
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Prejudice engendering violence
Not only are villages spatially divided to impose social segregation on groups, cities force them to live in ghettos.