This week, in India and in Pakistan, celebration and mourning are entwined. While the nations celebrate their independence from British colonialism and remarkable economic progress, they also remember the millions displaced and killed during the separation of Hindu majority India and Muslim dominated Pakistan. The 70th anniversary of partition should remind today’s leaders how divisive rhetoric can take on a life of its own, with catastrophic consequences.
本週，在印度和巴基斯坦，慶祝和哀悼的情緒交織在一起。就在兩國慶祝從英國殖民統治下獨立並取得顯著經濟進步的同時，他們也記得，在多數人口信仰印度教的印度與穆斯林爲主的巴基斯坦分治期間，上千萬人流離失所或遇害。印巴分治70週年應該提醒當今的領導人，煽動分裂的言論一旦說出口就不受任何人控制、並可能帶來災難性後果。
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