Animosity at Bay : An Alternative History of the IndiaPakistan Relationship, 1947 to 1952

By Pallavi Raghavan

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About the book

In this groundbreaking book, Pallavi Raghavan uses previously untapped archival sources to weave together new stories about the experiences of post-Partition state-making in South Asia. Through meticulous research, she challenges the existing wisdom about the preponderance of animosity and the rhetoric of war. The book shows how amity and a spirit of cordiality governed relations between the states of India and Pakistan in the first five years after Partition. Arguing that a hitherto overlooked set of considerations have to be integrated more closely into the analysis of bilateral dialogue, this book examines the developments leading to the No War correspondence between Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan: the signing of a ‘Minorities Pact’ between the two prime ministers; and the early stages of the Indus Waters negotiations. It also explores the calculations of Indian and Pakistani delegates at a series of interdominion conferences held in the years after Partition.

Pages: 260

Available in: Hardback

Language: English

Pallavi Raghavan

Pallavi Raghavan is assistant professor of international relations at Ashoka University, Delhi, where her research is focused on India’s international history, and on the global history of partitions.

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

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

An outstanding and pioneering account of cooperation and collaboration between India and Pakistan in the early years after Partition, this 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, Jawaharlal Nehru University