The Reasons for the Partition of India Essay

Taslima Nasrin’s ‘Lajja’ is a response to the anti-Hindu riots that broke out in Bangladesh after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in India. Its intent is to warn the people of Bangladesh that communalism is on the rise, that the Hindu minority is badly mistreated and that the secularism they once fought for is in grave danger. Nasrin utilizes fiction's mass emotional appeal, rather than its potential for distinction and universality. Lajja is a poignant and unrelenting account of the…

In other words a border is what limits us from one another. This is similar to relationship that Lilia and her family and Mr. Pirzada share. There is a physical border that separates Lilia and Mr. Pirzada from back home. Lilia’s family is from India and now they are in America for better…

Kabuliwala, a friend Life unfolds many mysteries one being someone people who come into the lives of others as an angel. Did you meet anyone like that in your life? Mini a small girl was one for a Kabuliwala called Rahim. Kabuliwala is a story written during the early 20th century showing the difference of opinions about caste, character and personality. Rabindranath by using Mini and an Afghan Kabuliwala Rehmun, portrays how society labels the people, how Mini being innocent enough was unable…

comparison between them, you will realize how much these two really have in common. The two religions I chose to compare are Judaism and Hinduism. Judaism is a Middle Eastern religion that originated in Israel. Hinduism is a religion that originated in India. Both of these religions have no one founder. Judaism and Hinduism both believe in reincarnation, but believe in different types. Hindus believe in an endless circle of rebirths, while a particular few Jews believe that some souls are…

INRODUCTION The spirit of patriotism is necessary for regeneration of any nation. India attained its cultural and political independence after a series of political history, such as Anticolonial movements, Nationalist consolidation, choice of political system after independence, economic strategy etc. India had to face a big problem in order to attain Purna Swaraj. In 1911, the capital of British India moved from Calcutta to Delhi. A city came up on what was previously farmland and shrub…

One of the biggest issues I have seen in my personal life as well as my working career is the ability to totally trust people. The definition that we looked at in class defines trust as the willingness to be vulnerable to an authority based on positive expectations about the authority’s actions and intentions. A great deal of my distrust at work stems from the total lack of communication within our group. My colleagues and I have conferred on many occasions that management continually…

until grade 4, then I was sent to an international boys boarding school in India. At my residence, I was given an identity of NRI (Non-residential Indian) by the care-takers. The first year was difficult, I was a minority and I had to fit into the NRI group consisting of other international students from America and other countries around the world. The rooms would always be organized so that all the NRI…

In an attempt to retaliate the Babri Masjid demolition in India, women’s bodies are defiled and desecrated as they become extensions of the geo-political entity called India for religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh. Lajja, depicts certain men ravishing young Hindu girls for their pleasure and vilifying concerned Hindu families. The abduction of Maya as a child of…

nearby between the resignation of The legislature ministries and the moving of the Lahore Quality in Apr 1940, the reputation of Jinnah rocketed sky-high and he was given the title of Quaid-e-Azam. This indictment can also be properly secured by the reason that the greater Islamic Management like Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, Sir Muhammad Saadullah and Maulvi Fazl-ul-Haq approved the management over Quaid-e-Azam.…

liberation, a transformation- from Pooro to Hamida, from a simple, innocent girl to a matured, experienced woman who is bold enough to negate the hateful game of religion. Set against the background of religious and clan feuds on the eve of the partition of India, Pinjar aims at presenting the struggling miseries of the Indian women in the whirl of cultural and religious differences. Originally written in Punjabi by Amrita Pritam, recipient of Jnanpith Award, Sahitya Academi and Padma Shri,…