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partition
The forgotten story of two Maulanas who mocked Jinnah's idea of Pakistan
Ajaz Ashraf
· Sep 06, 2016 · 08:00 am
#SeditionThis: Why I believe Pakistanis are the most gracious people in the world
Harsh Mander
· Aug 29, 2016 · 08:00 am
'This is not the India that our founding fathers had envisioned'
Scroll
· Aug 21, 2016 · 07:30 pm
The top five Reel stories of last week
Scroll Staff
· Aug 21, 2016 · 11:00 am
The Una reminder: Why we need to heal historical wounds caused by notions of purity and pollution
Ajaz Ashraf
· Aug 16, 2016 · 10:30 am
‘Kartar Singh’, a Punjabi film about the Partition from the other side of the border
Karan Bali
· Aug 15, 2016 · 12:00 pm
Remembering Punjab's little-known Schindlers, who saved many during Partition violence
Ajaz Ashraf
· Aug 15, 2016 · 09:15 am
The challenges faced by the truncated Indian Navy after Partition
Sifra Lentin
· Aug 14, 2016 · 10:30 pm
Emirates crash and the expat experience: 'Thanks for showing the other side of the story'
Scroll
· Aug 14, 2016 · 09:30 pm
A tale of two countries, two Gandhis, and two days that should be mourned – not just celebrated
Haroon Khalid
· Aug 14, 2016 · 05:30 pm
Scroll.in stories you may have missed this week
Scroll Staff
· Aug 14, 2016 · 06:30 am
What drove some who experienced Partition to brutality – and how they live with it
Ajaz Ashraf
· Aug 13, 2016 · 08:30 am
Did Sardar Patel order the eviction of Muslims from Delhi villages?
Ajaz Ashraf
· Aug 10, 2016 · 06:30 am
What happened to the Partition people afterwards? These short stories imagine their future
Anu Kumar
· Jul 23, 2016 · 08:30 am
Three facts about BJP founder SP Mookerjee that a recent exhibition in Delhi did not show
Shoaib Daniyal
· Jul 16, 2016 · 10:30 am
The Venkat Dhulipala interview: 'On the Partition issue, Jinnah and Ambedkar were on the same page'
Ajaz Ashraf
· Jun 28, 2016 · 08:30 am
The Brexit of 1947: ‘Scotland is more like Spain than Bengal is like the Punjab’
Ramachandra Guha
· Jun 24, 2016 · 03:14 pm
Why India must end its official amnesia about the horrors of Partition
Menaka Guruswamy
· Jun 02, 2016 · 12:30 pm
A minister's loose remark has reopened one of the darkest chapters of Jammu's history
Arshi Javaid
· May 29, 2016 · 05:30 pm
Why many Pakistanis view Indians as the monsters across the border
Anam Zakaria
· May 19, 2016 · 07:30 pm
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