V: A Nation Divided

The chapter carries in-depth analysis about a divide in the opinions of Sindh regarding being part of India or Pakistan. The partition of India was a partition of Sindhi people also, whose entire middle and urban class, that was Hindu, migrated to India and some Feudal Lords and majority Muslim peasantry remained in Sindh. The chapter discusses the migrations towards and from Sindh in qualitative and quantitative details. Besides, the literature that was against the partition of India by Muslim Sindhi intellectuals has also been reviewed. An analysis of the impacts of partition over Sindh is also undertaken.