Changing Homelands: Hindu Politics and the Partition of IndiaChanging Homelands offers a startling new perspective on what was and was not politically possible in late colonial India. In this highly readable account of the partition in the Punjab, Neeti Nair rejects the idea that essential differences between the Hindu and Muslim communities made political settlement impossible. Far from being an inevitable solution, the idea of partition was a very late, stunning surprise to the majority of Hindus in the region. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Loyalty and AntiColonial Nationalism | 13 |
2 Negotiating a Minority Status | 51 |
3 Religion and NonViolence in Punjabi Politics | 94 |
4 Towards an All India Settlement | 133 |
5 Partition Violence and the Question of Responsibility | 179 |
6 Memory and the Search for Meaning in Post Partition Delhi | 219 |