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The Divided Land

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I felt grieved about the fact that It was merely people of Punjab who were cut down into two, not the whole of the Subcontinent. More than 60% of Punjab’s population was Muslim, but one hardly finds a Muslim family living on the eastern side of border.  Punjab Total Area Reference: https://wondersofpakistan.files.wordpress.com Same is the case with Sikhs on west side. Surfing the internet and brainstorming one finds that there is a place naming Malir Kotla, where the Muslim population is more than 55%. The census of 2011 showed that there were half of million Muslims living in the Indian side of Punjab. As a human being people love their country and where they live. As a Punjabi, when one realizes that there is another Punjab that, I have never explored and that should not be no-go area for me, I feels a sense of deprivation. A beautiful view of Punjab Picture reference: http://pak101.com/phototour/Rest_of_Punjab/3_pvahr.jpg I love the land of Punjab, and I have k