Rajeev writes well. But I have a blunt question to ask about the partition of India. Partition was based on the premise that Muslims cannot live with Hindus as they are two separate nations in many ways, hence a separate homeland for Muslims was required. Okay, so why was it not made mandatory to do a wholesale exchange of population? Why did Muslims choose to stay in divided India when a separate homeland had already come into being? I believe even Jinnah his speech of 30th April 1947 advocated population exchange.
