An analysis of many of the ethnic problems that plague South Asia, this text, taking a comparative approach, traces the historical origins of the various conflicts and discusses their contemporary dimensions in the late 1990s.
This book traces the contribution of Punjabis born before the Partition of India in 1947 to Indian cinema. It examines the story of their contributions at three centres of Hindustani-language films: Bombay, Calcutta and Lahore.