S4E1 - Independence and violence: understanding 75 years of India’s partition

Society Matters

English - August 10, 2022 06:57 - 24 minutes - 46.2 MB
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Dr Volker Prott, a senior lecturer in modern history at Aston University, discusses the “bitter irony” of “celebrating” the 75th anniversary of the partition of India, given the violence and huge displacement of people it caused. He argues the partition was part of a global pattern and that debate is now needed to find ways to accommodate human diversity rather than pulling people apart.

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