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By The Outsider at 05/24/2010 - 22:19
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There don't seem to be many credible accounts and demographic data of India and Pakistan after partition and it's associated mass migration was over, at least readily available ones on the web. Curious on the topic, the blog presents some digging into of research and news articles from that time to piece together some of the scattered information.
According to the 1941 census, the total population of unified India was 389.0 million. Muslim population was pegged at 94.5 million(24.3%). Hindu population was 270.2 million(69.5%).
The basis of partition was concentrated areas of Muslim population, primarily in North West India and East India. Out of 435 districts in India, there were 76 with Muslim majority population and contained around 60% of the total Muslim population of India.
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By flamy at 11/29/2008 - 11:25
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Dear Bombay,
I'm so far away
But, I suffocate
in the smoke billowing
from so many burning dreams
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By The Outsider at 08/06/2008 - 04:28
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The past few days have been very sad times for me as an Indian, a passport I still hold but a country I cannot identify with any longer. When will we as a nation realize, accept, and change all the malaise we find ourselves under? We've just had a stampede at one of our major Hindu temples which believe it or not killed 5 times as many people as the serial bomb blasts over two major cities. Has commercialization and capitalism become so strong that we cannot criticize this injustice being meted out on people who want to visit a temple at the end of a day, just as a few NRIs amongst us want to log on to this website to read my junk?
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By Ram at 07/17/2008 - 15:21
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Our site is blessed with a myriad of posters, all with incredible insights into various topics of discussion. Such being the case, its quite hard to do a blog and yet be different from others. But given that this dedicated space offers all of us a chance to talk and discuss about issues that are otherwise not considered fad in the general discussion forums, I have decided to write exclusively about Politics and Business, mostly with an Indian focus and occasionally, also trying to give a world-view. No! No! No! Don’t start yawning this early. I haven’t started yet!
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By Dhondy at 07/10/2008 - 06:13
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The UK topped the league of arm exporters last year, with 10 billion pounds worth of sales, accounting for nearly a third of worldwide arms trade.
Editorialists lost no time in condemning their country's "shameful" record of making money out of warfare, pointing out that the bulk of these exports went to nations with dubious or downright aweful records in upholding regional peace or human rights, such as Saudi Arabia, China, Israel, and Columbia.
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