In his new book, Midnight's Furies, Nisid Hajari describes the riots and massacres that ensued after Pakistan was established as a separate state,... India's 1947 Partition And The 'Deadly Legacy' ...

As British rule in Asia ended, the emergence of new borders and ethnic enclaves dispossessed millions.

Warning: I’m about to go all math and science on yo’ ass.Have you ever heard the phrase “butterfly effect”?It’s the popular name for the chaos-theory notion of sensitive dependence.The phrase comes ...

Mahatma Gandhi, who used passive resistance in the fight for Indian independence, is known worldwide as a symbol of peace. But Americans know much less about the violence that erupted when the British ...

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