Tyranny of Partition: Hindus in Bangladesh and Muslims in India [Hardcover]

The establishment of new nation-states after the partition of British India in 1947 not only required new geographical boundaries but also a cognitive map with mental borders that inform who are included and excluded. This book concerns the 'tyrannical' workings of such borders on the mind of nation-builders in both Bangladesh and India. In the end, the author argues that if the continuation of the two nation-states circumscribed by geographical borders is desired, their cognitive maps have to be altered through new mental borders that de-partition these societies. About The Author:- Dr. Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff, is Director Research in the Asian Development Research Institute (ADRI), Ranchi, Jharkhand (India). Contents:- Acknowledgment • Glossary • List of Map and Photographs • The Creation of New Nation-States in Partition • The Working of Mental Borders in Pakistan • The Working of Mental Borders in Bangladesh • Living with the Burden of Other People's History in Bangladesh • The Working of Mental Borders in India • Living with the Burden of Other People's History in Jharkhand • Challenging the Mental Borders of Partition Rhetoric in Jharkhand • Conclusion: Making an Event out of Partition • Bibliography • Index The Title 'Tyranny of Partition: Hindus in Bangladesh and Muslims in India written/authored/edited by Kerkhoff Kathinka Sinha', published in the year 2006. The ISBN 9788121208901 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 286 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is International Studies. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-