Why I’m Not Nostalgic For An Undivided India, Hindustan Times

Sixty-eight years is a fairly advanced age for an individual, but a small span of time in the life of a nation. This must be why, every so often, a book or article appears lamenting the Partition of India in 1947. These blame the Congress, the Muslim League, Gandhi, Jinnah, Nehru, Patel—sometimes one, sometimes several, sometimes all of the above—for not doing enough to keep India together, or for actively aiding in its division. These books and articles then feed into what appears to be a wi...