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Discuss the similarities of method, assumptions and approach between the following two authors: 1... more Discuss the similarities of method, assumptions and approach between the following two authors: 1. Ayesha Jalal, The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, The Muslim League and the FOREWARD In the words of the Urdu writer, Ismat Chughtai (1915-1991): " The flood of communal violence came and went with all its evils, but it left a pile of living, dead, and gasping corpses in its wake. It wasn't only that the country was split in two-bodies and minds were also divided. Moral beliefs were tossed aside and humanity was in shreds. Government officers and clerks along with their chairs, pens and inkpots, were distributed like the spoils of war. Those whose bodies were whole had hearts that were splintered. Families were torn apart. One brother was allotted to Hindustan, the other to Pakistan; the mother was in Hindustan, her offspring were in Pakistan; the husband was in Hindustan, his wife was in Pakistan. The bonds of relationship were in tatters, and in the end many souls remained behind in Hindustan while their bodies started off for Pakistan " 1 How well can we narrate the story of the victors? Or why call them victors when all that they gained had been but 2 nation states, which was no match for how much they lost! Who are the heroes and villains of such creations? They are nothing but a historian's construct and thus are relative. However what led them to be identified as such had been primarily the then

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Discuss the similarities of method, assumptions and approach between the following two authors: 1... more Discuss the similarities of method, assumptions and approach between the following two authors: 1. Ayesha Jalal, The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah, The Muslim League and the FOREWARD In the words of the Urdu writer, Ismat Chughtai (1915-1991): " The flood of communal violence came and went with all its evils, but it left a pile of living, dead, and gasping corpses in its wake. It wasn't only that the country was split in two-bodies and minds were also divided. Moral beliefs were tossed aside and humanity was in shreds. Government officers and clerks along with their chairs, pens and inkpots, were distributed like the spoils of war. Those whose bodies were whole had hearts that were splintered. Families were torn apart. One brother was allotted to Hindustan, the other to Pakistan; the mother was in Hindustan, her offspring were in Pakistan; the husband was in Hindustan, his wife was in Pakistan. The bonds of relationship were in tatters, and in the end many souls remained behind in Hindustan while their bodies started off for Pakistan " 1 How well can we narrate the story of the victors? Or why call them victors when all that they gained had been but 2 nation states, which was no match for how much they lost! Who are the heroes and villains of such creations? They are nothing but a historian's construct and thus are relative. However what led them to be identified as such had been primarily the then

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