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Through twenty-five first-hand accounts of those caught in the turmoil of Partition, this book provides us with a means to understanding the human dimension of the division of India in 1947. The interviews in this book were conducted in what was, in 1947, the epicenter of violence: the city of Amritsar, on the volatile border between India and Pakistan. The links of those interviewed with a single city provide unique insights into processes of migration and ...
In this, the first comprehensive study of the Sikh community in Britain, Gurharpal Singh and Darshan Singh Tatla look at how British -Sikh identity has developed from the nineteenth century to the present. At a time when much public debate centres on Muslim integration, this is a highly valuable alternative perspective on the challenges faced by another Asian community in becoming part of multicultural Britain. Using a vast amount of new source material, the ...