The political leadership of India under Jawaharlal Nehru and
Pakistan under Mohammed Ali Jinnah emphasized the secular and non-violent
foundations of their newly formed sovereign states. Yet almost immediately,
riots broke out across the region, and today it has become one of the most
violent legacies of the subcontinent. How did the Partition transform two
countries with a shared history, geography, and people, into hostile and
opposed forces? How can they overcome their differences to solve their greatest
problems of border dispute, from terrorism to disaster relief, that dominate
both domestic and international politics?
Join Nisid Hajari,
Asia Editor at Bloomberg View and Author of Midnight's Furies: The Deadly
Legacy of India's Partition, in conversion with a distinguished panel of journalists. This
program falls under Meet the
Author series, which aims to
bring together the freshest perspectives from writers across Asia as they
engage in dialogue about their recent publications and the art of writing.
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