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The Partition of India – Part 6: The Spent Bullet

2023/1/2
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Declan Walsh
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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玛格丽特·伯克·怀特:通过对真纳的肖像拍摄和观察,她认为真纳在巴基斯坦建国后,对由此造成的死亡和流离失所深感内疚和后悔,他意识到自己利用宗教差异煽动民众,最终导致血腥的胜利却苦涩难咽。 Declan Walsh:他认为真纳对印巴分治的暴力事件及其自身所扮演的角色深感痛悔,并被人们称为“伟大的杀手”。 播音员:甘地在印度独立前夕感到沮丧和无力,认为自己未能阻止印度的分裂,是一个失败者,一个“用完的子弹”。他目睹了独立后的暴力和流离失所,对印度的分裂和随之而来的暴力感到悲痛和失望。 甘地:甘地为了阻止加尔各答和德里的暴力冲突,先后两次进行绝食抗议,以其非暴力抵抗的精神,试图感化民众,最终在加尔各答取得成功,但在德里却遭遇暗杀。 穆罕默德·阿里·真纳:真纳对甘地的绝食表示尊重,但他对克什米尔问题的处理以及印巴关系的恶化负有责任。在临终前,他表达了对创造巴基斯坦的后悔。 蒙巴顿勋爵:蒙巴顿对印巴分治后的暴力事件感到震惊,但他试图将责任归咎于不可预见性。他促成了印巴分治,并在其中扮演了重要角色,但他未能预料到其造成的严重后果。 尼赫鲁:尼赫鲁对克什米尔问题持有强烈的情感,这影响了他的判断。他对克什米尔问题的处理以及与真纳之间的个人嫌隙加剧了印巴冲突。 纳图拉姆·戈德塞:戈德塞是一个虔诚的印度教徒,但他对穆斯林怀有强烈的仇恨,这导致他决定暗杀甘地。他认为甘地对穆斯林的同情是背叛行为,甘地的绝食是政治勒索。 爱德温娜·蒙巴顿:爱德温娜与尼赫鲁之间存在着深厚的感情,但她最终选择了责任,与丈夫一起离开印度。 受访者:受访者认为印巴分治是一段痛苦的历史,需要公开讨论和反思,对话与理解是解决冲突的关键。

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The podcast introduces the final installment of a series on the partition of India, highlighting the complex events leading up to the division of the nation.

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*As a plot to assassinate Mohandas Gandhi unfolds, the Mahatma goes to existential lengths to reconcile India’s Hindu, Sikh and Muslim communities. Meanwhile, a shadow war erupts between India and Pakistan over the picturesque kingdom of Kashmir, threatening the future of both nations. Jawaharlal Nehru bids farewell to friends, a lover, and the innocence of the nation he must now lead. A dying Muhammed Ali Jinnah reflects on his choices. *

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