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The Lasting Cultural Impact of Partition

How the partition of India in 1947 continues to influence culture in India and Pakistan

This August will mark 70 years since the partition of India and the creation of the nation of Pakistan. Pakistani author Kamila Shamsie and Indian writer Urvashi Butalia discuss how the legacy of partition continues to influence culture in the two countries seven decades on.

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With Tina Daheley.

(Photo: flags of India and Pakistan Credit: PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/GettyImages)

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