A Terrible Division in the Land
A terrible tragedy occurred in India in 1947 . It was not an earthquake, or a tsunami. There was no pandemic or military attack from the outside. But, it was the desperate tearing apart of families and friends. It was the forced migration from home to a newly formed country called Pakistan. Great Britain released India from their colonial control and left the people to form their own governing institutions. The reasons for the mobs, protests, and murders are complex and hard to understand, but we know people were hurt and mad. This leads to terrible social unrest. You can see on the map the green regions that are Pakistan. Pink indicates India. The main difference lies in that age-old conflict that results from differences in religions. I do not write of faith and trust in GOD or other deity. I speak of religious practices that are as varied as humankind. British and Indian leaders made the decisions to set the borders you can see on the map. Pakistan is literally torn in two regi