Pallavi Raghavan is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Ashoka University, Delhi, where she researches on India's international history, and on the global history of partitions.
"A fascinating account of how, in the shadow of a bloody Partition,
India and Pakistan worked to create bilateral spaces of mutuality
and reciprocity, collaboration and cooperation, to address the most
pressing issues of the time--from citizenship and the rights of
minorities, to property, water sharing, and trade--even as they
embarked upon the arduous task of state-making. This marvellous
alternative history of a foundational period has particular
resonance for the contemporary moment." -- Niraja G. Jayal,
Professor at the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance,
Jawaharlal Nehru University
"A pioneering and timely intervention at a critical time for one of
the world's most dangerous regions. Raghavan's sober analysis of
cooperation as well as conflict challenges the dominant perception
of India-Pakistan relations as the site of uncompromising
hostility." -- Farzana Shaikh, Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific
Programme, Chatham House, and author of Making Sense of
Pakistan
"An outstanding and pioneering account of cooperation and
collaboration between India and Pakistan in the early years after
partition. This revisionist study is sure to become the definitive
work on that period and essential reading for those seeking fresh
historical insights into the troubled relationship."-- Amitabh
Mattoo, Professor of Disarmament Studies, Centre for International
Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of
International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
"The most original study yet written of one of the world's oldest
conflicts, Pallavi Raghavan's history of Indo-Pakistani relations
revolutionises the genre. It does so by looking at how this
conflict is defined more by what the two countries share than their
differences, which is what makes it so intractable." -- Faisal
Devji, Professor of Indian History and Director of the Asian
Studies Centre, University of Oxford
"Animosity at Bay [provides] a fresh look at a historical period
that has always haunted popular imagination." -- The Mumbai
Mirror
"Fascinating . . . Raghavan's well-crafted book provides, from
history, a rare cause for optimism."--International
Affairs"[Animosity at Bay] presents a new view by its explanations
and descriptions of the work of the Indian and Pakistani officials
who, under the direction of Pandit Nehru on the Indian side and
Liaquat Ali Khan, the founder of Pakistan, negotiated solutions
[that] reduced the threats of violence and halted moves towards
military conflict during the years 1947 - 1952."--Asian Affairs
Journal
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