What made the partition of India a reality? Should we blame the obduracy of Nehru and Jinnah? Or was it an inevitable outcome of the imperial policy of ‘Divide and Rule’? Did it flow from the politicisation of our religious identities? Are the British, with their post war haste, weakness and incompetence, accountable for it? This book attempts to answer all these questions from a new perspective and points at a ‘hidden imperialist agenda’ that borders on a larger conspiracy behind the bloody ‘surgical strikes’ of 1947 than it is known till today.
WHAT MAKES THE BOOK UNIQUE AND WORTHY TO BE A COLLECTOR ITEM IS ITS EMPHASIS ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LIFE OF THE CRAFTSMEN.
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The present book, which is beyond the constraints of rigid periodization, is an endeavour to challenge certain stereotypes relating to Islam, Sufism, folk-songs and inter-community relations in the South Asian context. By consulting Persian, Urdu, Bengali and English sources, the present work suggests that Sufism was more heterogeneous and complex than we are prepared to accept.