Indian Writings in English – II Assignment 1 The Day India Burned - Partition (A BBC Documentary) Film Text Analysis Page 1 The Partition of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan can be said to be one of the darkest moments in the history of humankind. The joy of gaining independence from the colonial masters, the British, was heavily overpowered by the heart wrenching brutality of the Partition. Pain, suffering, separation, uprooting of people, mass exodus, refugee camps, murders, rapes, violence, hunger...the horrors of the Partition took up innumerable forms. These wounds continue to bleed till today, as the traumas are ingrained in the minds of the families of people who were affected by the Partition. The Partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan garnered attention worldwide. The division of a diverse and culturally rich country like India on the basis of religion was indeed something unthi...