Bharat Vibhajan Ki Anth Katha

In the lure of the golden future promised by the Independence,the public may have settled for a sip of the poison that wasPartition, but the question of whether the partition was absolutelynecessary, still remains unanswered. After all what were thepressing reasons that forcibly ripped the country into two halves?The segregationist policies of the Muslim League? The lack ofcommon ground and determination among the Indian masses? Theirresponsibility of the Congress? Or Gandhiji's principles ofnon-violence? Who was responsible? Why couldn't the Hindus andMuslims bear to live together? What were the leaders of the countryoccupied with? What was their role? Where were they in the midst ofsuch division? The celebrated writer, Priyamvad, has made anattempt to find the answers to all these questions and manymore.