The Great Partition

The Making of India and Pakistan

By: Yasmin Khan

Narrated by: Jeed Saddy

A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan

This new edition of Yasmin Khan's reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis.

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Good book on a fascinating subject, but...

I was excited to see a recent Audible release discussing the partition of India and Pakistan.
But the narrator...
The narrator isn't "bad", but the tone of the reading sounds like it would be more appropriate in a children's book or a novel. Too "cheerful " sounding for a book about an event that left millions dead and even more displaced and could easily blow up into WW3 at any moment.

Excellent book, embarrassing narrator

How could they not find a qualified narrator? The Hindi/Urdu pronunciation is un-listenable.

In depth and balanced history of the Partition

Well crafted with superb detail and many first-person accounts . Looks into all aspects of both causes and results, many of which were completely unexpected.

The book is excellent. The narration absolutely terrible.

I liked the book. It is about a subject I know something about. Yet I learnt a lot.

The narration is terrible however. Why is it narrated by someone unfamiliar with South Asian pronunciation?