In this series of deep dives into India Pakistan relationship, we start at the beginning - the deep animosity and distrust that started at the time of partition. What were the reasons?

Sources used in this episode -

India-Pakistan in War & Peace - JN Dixit

Shooting for a Century - The India-Pakistan Conundrum - Stephen P. Cohen

Genesis of Indo-Pakistan conflict on Kashmir - V. D. Chopra, P.N. Haksar

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - Six Steps to Summit - Kamaleshwar Sinha

The Struggle for Pakistan - Ayesha Jalal

South Asian Insecurity and the Great Powers - Barry Buzan, Gowher Rizvi, Rosemary Foot, Nancy Jetly

The origins of war in South Asia- Indo-Pakistani conflicts - Sumit Ganguly

The Wailing Vale - Aziz Beg

Pakistan's Foreign Policy 1947-2019 - Abdul Sattar

A Stranger in my own Country - Maj General Khadim Hussain Raja

Through the 1971 Crisis- An Eyewitness Account by a Soldier - Hakeem Arshad Qureshi