DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2017.v05i12.010

Pages: 1825-1828

The obtainable histories of Partition are frequently contaminated with nationalistic prejudice or talk about political proceedings rather than the experiences of citizens on the ground. This is perchance since a nation – state most often sets down its own version of selective history, which is expected to be accepted in order to consolidate and further its collective identity. In such histories voices which challenge or interrogate this meta-narrative are side-lined at best and totally ignored at worst so that alternative histories and perspectives that might break the selective linearity of the state’s version are institutionally marginalized. The Radcliffe line which officially came into existence on Aug. 16, 1947, truncated the Indian sub-continent into India and Pakistan on the basis of territory as well as religion. On the other hand, this harmonized splitting up let free horror, lack of confidence, spiritual fury, and relocation of astounding scale in both the communities.