His Purpose in Life

He animates the crowd and pokes fun at the Indians through the gate...

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Subcontinental Drift: Chapter Twenty-five - Irreconciliable Differences

August 13th 2008
At first it is a contest of which side can be louder, prouder, and more patriotic. When it is all said and done, citizens of both nations crowd at the locked gates that separate them. They cheerfully and curiously speak to each other while clasping the painted bars, knowing full well it is the closest they will ever come to setting foot on what was once a singular India sixty years ago. After p ... read more

Asia » Pakistan » Punjab » Lahore

The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections West and East) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved, and India and Pakistan have fought two wars - in 1947-48 and 1965 - over the disput... ... read more

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