India's undemocratic partition - instigated by Jinnah, accepted by Gandhi and the Congress Party, and midwifed by the British - was a traumatic, epoch-making event that vivisected the world's oldest civilization. It opened wounds that have never healed. Its effects reverberate to this day, in the form of "the idea of Pakistan" and calls for "Jinnah wali azaadi" in India.
Partition did not solve anything. The nation was broken up, and India still finds itself in a state of undeclared war with Pakistan over seven decades later. What caused Partition? What forces impelled it? Who were the principal actors? The answer is surprisingly complex.
In this talk, Abhijit Chavda shows how a sequence of seemingly unrelated events set in motion centuries ago in Arabia, Central Asia, and Turkey, eventually culminated in India's partition and the unspeakable violence and atrocities that accompanied it.
About the Speaker: -
Abhijit Chavda is a theoretical physicist, technologist, and writer. His work in theoretical physics involves research on the topics of dark matter, dark energy, black hole physics, quantum gravity and physical cosmology. He has authored and co-authored several research papers on these topics. He has extensive experience in the field of information technology, having worked in diverse roles on numerous technologies and platforms.
He is also a writer and researcher of history and geopolitics. He writes articles for several publications including the Asian Age, the Deccan Chronicle, IndiaFacts, Indic Today, MyNation, OpIndia, and Swarajya. He has written several influential articles debunking the Aryan Invasion / Migration Theory on the basis of science and empirical evidence.
Abhijit is a member of the consultative group to the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India. He is also a public speaker, a RU-vidr, an influential tweeter at @AbhijitChavda, a TV panelist on NewsX, Republic TV and Times Now, and a regular participant in literary fests such as the Jaipur Dialogues and the Pondy Lit Fest.
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28 янв 2020
