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Prologue: a train to Pakistan -- Fury -- Jinnah and Jawaharlal -- Madhouse -- Pakistan murdabad! -- Indian summer -- Off the rails -- "Stop this madness"--Ad hoc jihad -- Quagmire -- Cold war -- Epilogue: deadly legacy.
"This book explores the gendered contexts of the Indian nation through a rigorous analysis of selected women's fiction ranging from diverse linguistic, regional, geographical, caste, class and regional contexts. Indian women's writing across languages, texts, and contexts consti…
"On New Year's Day 1947 Lord Mountbatten was summoned to Downing Street to discover his future role in history - to guide India to independence as the last Viceroy. Travelling from post-war Britain under rationing to the outsized splendour of Viceroy's House in New Delhi, the Mo…
This volume will explore the role of India and China in regional geopolitics, with a focus on Southeast Asia. It highlights some of the key events and turning points in the evolving equations since the times of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indias first prime minister. In six chapters, it s…
"This book will be vital reading for scholars and students of colonialism, decolonization, partition and borderlands studies, while providing anyone interested in South Asia's independence with a highly readable account of one of its most controversial episodes."--Jacket.
