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Roots and Routes: The Partition of British India in Indian Social Memories
Author(s) -
HARTNACK CHRISTIANE
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of historical sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-6443
pISSN - 0952-1909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2012.01424.x
Subject(s) - partition (number theory) , argument (complex analysis) , tracing , dimension (graph theory) , sociology , computer science , geography , history , mathematics , combinatorics , biochemistry , chemistry , operating system
This contribution focuses on the Indian experience of the Partition. The personal and shared (i.e., social) memories regarding the history of India and Pakistan will inform the examination of the temporal dimension of the Partition, i.e., its “roots”. Tracing the re‐established and new interconnections in terms of trade, travel, transportation, and communication between India and Pakistan along historical lines gives insight into the spatial dimension of the Partition's aftermath, i.e. its “routes”. The main argument of this analysis is that the traumata resulting from the Partition are still not overcome and contain the potential for explosive conflicts in the future.