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WH Auden's unsparing poem on the partition of India

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Post by Seva Lamberdar Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:31 am

https://scroll.in/article/674238/wh-audens-unsparing-poem-on-the-partition-of-india

>>> It's like blaming someone else (Radcliffe) for locals' (Hindu and Muslims') own mistakes and stupidity. Moreover, what happened to Kashmir later, after the partition of India in 1947, is a proof that the whole situation related to the partition and its consequences were due to the locals (chiefly the leaders) and not outsiders (Brits).
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