TY - THES ID - 134510240 TI - Memory, history and education : a study of perceptions of youth in Pakistan. AU - Bashir, Adnan AU - Cassiman, Ann. AU - De Haene, Lucia. AU - K.U.Leuven. Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen. Opleiding Master of Cultures and Development Studies PY - 2013 PB - Leuven K.U.Leuven. Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134510240 AB - The creation of India and Pakistan in 1947 was a turning point in the modern history of Indian subcontinent. The violence and forced migration of millions of people gave an inexplicable sense of loss to the people of newly created nations. The national collective memory in Pakistan has been built by distancing and consolidating the self in relation to the Hindu other. The official discourse as presented in the curriculum of social studies has been pressed into evidence of two conflicting national groups, Muslims and Hindus. ER -