Partition was the 1947 division of British India into two Dominions (self-governing nations within the British Empire) along religious lines: the majority-Hindu India and the majority-Muslim Pakistan. Pakistan encompassed West Pakistan on one side of the Indian subcontinent and East Pakistan on the other side. The Partition of India was a chaotic and violent split, resulting in genocide, mass displacement, a refugee crisis, and conflict between Hindus and Muslims that’s still ongoing today.
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We learned American history, of course, and American geography. That year, and every year, it seemed, we began by studying the Revolutionary War. We were taken in school buses on field trips to visit Plymouth Rock, and to walk the Freedom Trail, and to climb to the top of the Bunker Hill Monument. We made dioramas out of colored construction paper depicting George Washington crossing the choppy waters of the Delaware River, and we made puppets of King George wearing white tights and a black bow in his hair. During tests we were given blank maps of the thirteen colonies, and asked to fill in names, dates, capitals. I could do it with my eyes closed.
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When Lilia is confused by this new information, her father explains Partition. In 1947, soon after India gained independence from Britain, India and Pakistan split along religious...
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...same thing. She thinks it is unreasonable to expect that Lilia will be taught about Partition, but Lilia’s father continues to worry, asking, “what does she learn about the world?”
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