re: #111 Naso Tang

I meant a cultural/religious choice at a broader level. They were convinced that they could not live together with those of different religions and while they were no doubt manipulated by political power players, the fundamental differences were paramount.

Those differences were used, stoked, exploited, nurtured, and encouraged by the British during colonization, though. You can’t just ignore this.

You’re basically saying the people, as a whole, made the choice of partition. That is absolutely ridiculous. Agitators on both sides whipped up partisan frenzy, and the final choice of division— both in how it was to happen, and the territory it was to encompass— was by the British.

Please, please read something on the subject. It is an incredibly complex topic.

Saying it was a religious or cultural choice at a broader level is either an obvious observation— the division was along religious lines— or meaningless. It was certainly not a free choice.