OffTopic: Life in India during Independence

livelife123 · Post by **livelife123** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 6:12 pm

Those of us who can't imagine how was life during 1940-1950 can have look at this site for Old archives

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=13770

partition - http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=49174

Delhi - http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=58366

gwldaddu · Post by **gwldaddu** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:12 pm

Thanks for those links. I will watch them during weekend. But I really thank you for these.

Many of us do not understand the real cost of partition. Many of us hail it.. saying that it was good that partition happened. But then they do not really know what cost was paid for partition.

I am talking of partition .. not independence.

Back to Roots · Post by **Back to Roots** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:16 am

livelife123,
Thanks a lot for such wonderful video link to our country's birth and significant events of India's infancy
-Back to Roots

Sid · Post by **Sid** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:59 am

Thanks for the links.

Such a sad picture. Imagine all the lives saved in past and today, had that bloody partition never happened...

ahirman · Post by **ahirman** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:41 am

[QUOTE]Such a sad picture. Imagine all the lives saved in past and today, had that bloody partition never happened...

many would have been lost many times over by now if the partition didnt happened. we would have been facing 10 times what pakistan is facing today in terms of religious extremism and overall the country would have been much worse then even the current pakistan.

If you dont know, all the hardliner islamic parties opposed partition. They took it as an unacceptable event whichas per them reduced the hold of muslims on a larger part of the sub-continent which rightfully belonged to muslims as a ruled state.

gwldaddu · Post by **gwldaddu** » Thu Aug 05, 2010 7:53 pm

ahirman;313839many would have been lost many times over by now if the partition didnt happened. we would have been facing 10 times what pakistan is facing today in terms of religious extremism and overall the country would have been much worse then even the current pakistan.

If you dont know, all the hardliner islamic parties opposed partition. They took it as an unacceptable event whichas per them reduced the hold of muslims on a larger part of the sub-continent which rightfully belonged to muslims as a ruled state.

I am assuming that you know the cost that we paid for partition... I am not getting into politics as to who opposed and who favored. All that makes me sad is the price paid of that.

livelife123 · Post by **livelife123** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:20 pm

what Ahirman want to say is sometimes its better to cut off rotting foot than keep trying walking on two legs and risking life.

Partition was bad everyone agrees, however the demands of muslim leaders aka jinnha was that all prominent positions should go to muslim leaders. This could have Af-pak effect on whole of south asia. At least Indina muslims are living in peace and harmony by not going to pakistan in 1947.

Desi · Post by **Desi** » Fri Aug 06, 2010 6:01 pm

livelife123;314253what Ahirman want to say is sometimes its better to cut off rotting foot than keep trying walking on two legs and risking life.

Partition was bad everyone agrees, however the demands of muslim leaders aka jinnha was that all prominent positions should go to muslim leaders. This could have Af-pak effect on whole of south asia. At least Indina muslims are living in peace and harmony by not going to pakistan in 1947.

Partition was perhaps the right move. The loss of life in the process is what is abhorrent.

As to demands of Jinnah, the following may help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Points_of_Jinnah

If you have any evidence or link that supports your claim that Jinnah wanted all prominent positions to go to Muslim leaders, please post the link, else the claim appears to be unsubstantiated and not believable based on my background on the subject.