Millions of Indians suffered the consequences of the partition between India and Pakistan, which included physical strains as well mental strains. Many were slaughtered, raped, and evicted from their homes as a result of this agreement. The victims ranged from young to old, man to woman, Hindu to Muslim, as violence doesn't discriminate. Although the partition into India and Pakistan was meant to keep the peace, it has created much conflict and violence. An instance of this appalling brutality was the chaos erupting in cities and migration routes after the full extent of the partition was made public. Another example of the onslaught in India was the conflict in Kashmir, resulting in numerous wars and millions of casualties. At long last, in the absence of the Muslims, the Sikhs became vulnerable to bigotry, forcing them to revolt and demand a new country. …show more content…
They believed that the partition was one-sided and unfair. This was due to the fact that the Muslims got a large chunk of India's land and millions of dollars of India's wealth. As a result, Hindus attacked, causing riots and chaos wherever they could. An example of this violence was death trains. Trains traveling between India and Pakistan were targeted and attacked. On these trains were men women and children, who were all slaughtered by both Hindus and Muslims. In addition to this, riots in the streets of cities in both India and Pakistan destroyed property and killed many. The ones killed were more often than not innocent, but were attacked because of their religion. My final example of the violence between these two countries was the attacks on migration routes. Many Hindus blame Muslims for having to move from their home, as a result dozens of fights broke between the two paths, killing anyone in the crossfire. As you can see violence is not the answer it is cancer that plagues our society even
You do not need violence to make a
After the subcontinent of India was freed from their colonizers at the end of World War II, it was split into two independent states: the Hindu dominated India, and Muslim dominated Pakistan. These religious affiliations created tensions and conflict within the subcontinent. Bal Thackery, the Indian founder of a Hindu nationalist organization, was quoted saying, “When Pakistan wins a cricket match and my country is defeated, why should Indian Muslims celebrate?” (Document 9). Members of the Indian subcontinent often held stronger ties with those of their same religion, rather than country.
Violence will only prove to the wealthier people
For many years, there has been a lot of controversy centering on the rate at which crime and violence is happening in society. Steven Pinker, the author of “Violence Vanquished” states, “We believe our world is riddled with terror and war, but we may be living in the most peaceable era in the human existence.” This quote from the article proves to many people that our world isn’t as bad as it is made out to be. In the article “Violence Vanquished” Pinker uses Logos, and an argument of fact to support the article 's central message which stands to prove violence is at an all-time low in today’s society.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or as more know him Mahatma Gandhi fought and died for the independance of India, even through all the cruelty people say that the British ruling helped shape modern India, did the British really help shape modern India? While many people would agree that the impact the British had was negative, but Dr.Lavani says otherwise, Lavani says that the British Helped India with their Efficient Government admission of 500 million people(Political)(Doc 6), they also built tons of mines, canals, sewers, and roads(Economic)(Doc 10), they as well protected wildlife and ancient buildings and also built universities and museums(Social)(Doc 11 & 17). Political Dr.Lavani’s side of the Argument is that the british helped build or set in stone the creation of modern India, some positives the British brought Politicly were things like really well trained armies, and great Administration(Doc 13 & 6), but that doesn’t mean the British didn’t do anything wrong, the British had only 60 Indians in Government(Doc 2), and the British used armed forces on
The Marāthās, in particular, became so enraged that they eventually gained their independence from the Mughals and established their own empire,” (Gale). The departure of the Marāthās proves the lack of religious tolerance the Mughals had at times. The Marāthās were so enraged at the lack of acceptance that they left the empire rendering it smaller and weaker. This is just one example of the Mughals not only only neglecting to practice religious tolerance, but how refusing to accept all people for their beliefs backfired in the empire’s overall growth and unity.
Many people suggested that potentially fixing the problems through peace should be gotten rid of, and violence should be the only
In addition, Nehru explained that Muslims “are of us and will remain of us whatever happens” (Document 2). Not only did Gandhi help to achieve what each religion wanted, but did so while himself and Nehru encouraged Hindus and Muslims to remain
‘Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn’t murder murder. Violence may murder the liar, but it doesn’t murder lie… It may increase hate. It is always a descending spiral leading nowhere. This is the ultimate weakness of violence: It multiplies evil and violence in the universe.
Violence isn't the way to achieve ones goals. Almost everyone has someone of something that stands in the way of their ultimate goal. Many people come to a point where they feel that the only way to achieve that goal is at the expensive of another. This isn't necessarily the case. Rather then inflicting violence on one another we must use the intelligence we were blessed with.
In today's society, as well as in the Odyssey, violence almost always seems to be the answer, in reality violence is almost never the answer. For example, in the Odyssey when Odysseus returns to find men trying to marry his wife, he confronts the men and says, “You forced yourselfs upon this house. Fight your way out. ”(958) In another passage in the Odyssey, Odysseus shows unnecessary violence while receiving advice he asks, “Can I pass charybdis, or fight off Scylla.”(930)
This constant violence is really bad for a growing mind, and needs to be
What is violence? Does violence still exist? How do we get rid of this? According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary, violence is the use of physical force to harm someone, to damage property, etc. it is an exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse.
Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan recounts the event of the Partition of India, which happened in 1947. Set in a fictional village of Mano Majra, the novel aims to depict the cultural and political clash between the Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims and, by following the development of the characters, unveil the moral of humanity. Throughout the novel, Singh portrays the experience of conflict that each character, including Juggut Singh, Iqbal Singh, and Hukum Chand, has to deal with. Based on the characters’ development, Singh’s goal is to present the idea that love always conquers the power of violence and ethnic antagonism. Singh starts off with a description of the Partition and of Mano Majra, a habitat for Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims.
In this paper, I have attempted to present an understanding of Pakistan-India conflict by using constructivism theory of international relations. There are many reasons other than strategic reason causing this conflict like differences in ideologies, norms and beliefs. There are also cultural differences between these two nations. 2. Pakistan-India Conflict an overview South Asia is considered a region of great importance in the world.