{"product_id":"25663-the-great-divide-india-and-pakistan","title":"The Great Divide - India and Pakistan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Ira Pande\u003cbr\u003eSeveral Contributors\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 380\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788172238360\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when India and Pakistan are both reeling under terror attacks and hysterical talk of an impending war, it is important to take stock of where we have reached, individually and as part of the Indian subcontinent; sixty years after the two nations were carved out as two distinct entities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume of essays by writers from both sides of the border attempts to do just that. As the editor, Ira Pande, says in her introduction, 'There is a balance here between the 'hard' topics (politics, economy, diplomacy, religion et al) and 'soft' (music, crafts, language, cricket, and cinema) to bring out the full range of our engagement with each other.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe historical swamp that is Urdu, the strategic wilderness of the Rann of Kutch, the complex manoeuvrings of nuclear politics, the emotional rollercoaster of encounters experienced and relived, the difficulty of reconciling the idea of Pakistan with the importance accorded to pluralism within India-every single essay in this collection examines an aspect of the India-Pakistan experience with a clear and unflinching gaze.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLived experience, shared concerns, food and travel, nostalgia and analysis, and an extraordinary selection of previously unpublished photographs from the ‘40s and 50s’ make this an unusual compilation on the subject of two  nations forever in love and hate with each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTRIBUTORS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAshutosh Varshney\u003cbr\u003eArvind Sharma\u003cbr\u003eSwapan Dasgupta\u003cbr\u003eU.C. Dubey\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Oldenburg\u003cbr\u003eAshok Malik\u003cbr\u003eB.G. Verghese\u003cbr\u003eMeghnad Desai\u003cbr\u003ePrem Shankar Jha\u003cbr\u003eSalman Haidar\u003cbr\u003eC. Raja Mohan\u003cbr\u003ePervez Amirali Hoodbhoy\u003cbr\u003eAjai Sahni\u003cbr\u003eMukul Kesavan\u003cbr\u003eAjoy Bose\u003cbr\u003eBeena Baruah\u003cbr\u003eSonia Jabbar\u003cbr\u003eSalima Hashmi\u003cbr\u003eYousuf Saeed\u003cbr\u003eLaila Tyabji\u003cbr\u003eShiv Visvanathan\u003cbr\u003eAlok Rai\u003cbr\u003eIra Pande\u003cbr\u003eKai Friese\u003cbr\u003eAnonymous\u003cbr\u003eRehan Ansari\u003cbr\u003eMadhu Purnima Kishwar\u003cbr\u003eUrvashi Butalia\u003cbr\u003eSabeena Gadihoke\u003cbr\u003eNadeem Aslam\u003cbr\u003eSunil Sethi\u003cbr\u003eDaniyal Mueenuddin\u003cbr\u003eKulwant Roy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKARAN SINGH\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIRA PANDE\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: THE DIVISION OF SPOILS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eASHUTOSH VARSHNEY\u003cbr\u003eThe Idea of Pakistan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eARVIND SHARMA\u003cbr\u003eFounding Myths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSWAPAN DASGUPTA\u003cbr\u003eA Tale of Two Democracies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMAJ. 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