Partition of India
The partition of India is a really tragic story to tell. It happned in 1947 (Which is not that long ago considering an event in history!) It was a nationalist struggle in the past three decades, it was so big that India and Pakistan had to divide up, where Pakistan was mostly a Muslim country, and that India as a Hindu country. Although it was mass violence, it was REALLY hard to explain well, even so, there are two possibilities stated about the dividing, one was because Mohammed wanted to have a dividing to have a greater Muslim power, two might've been that there were lots of civil problems after the British withdrew from South Asia. Pakistan earned independence in April 4th 1947, and India did the next day, but borders were decided late three days later, and they were all in bad quality, because they were using old material that was out of date a way long time ago, so the compromising did not work out due to a lack of modern information. There are quite a few tensions in India during the partition, it was that first, they got affected by the Great Depression, then right after that WWII came which got India poorer than ever. Also, the British "Invasion" caused them to lose a lot of crops and grassroots, which eventually led to the economic devastation. There was also a lot of violence in the middle, the riots were not small riots, the riots were rather large, (due to having merged religions of Hinduism and Muslim) which eventually was the reason that led to a partition between Pakistan and India. There are lots of hopes for both Pakistan and India, Muhammed Ali Jinnah died, which also caused tensions to rise upon Pakistan and India, which was really troubling considering the fierce tensions also existing, which led to a huge reason of the partition.
This is a brief explanition of the partition and the reasons of India and Pakistan.
Traveler's Description
If you go to India or Pakistan, the climate will be changing a lot, so you need to pack the clothing depending on which season it is in the year on the Indian track, in the summer, light cotton clothes would help a lot, because other types of clothing make you exposed to skin allergy or heat burning. In terms of culture shock, it'll be mainly driving on the streets. You might be driving, driving, and suddenly stopping because of a street light, and seeing cows, and horses walk across the street. Now, that's not in Shanghai, in cities like Shanghai, it's mainly bikes and pedestrians that cross the street, but in India, IT'S COWS, CAMELS, AND HORSES. It's really strange to foreigners because they're not used to seeing that "chaos". Another thing is that in India, there will be one street that's fairly rich with food stands, drinks, and all kinds of delicious foods. But once you turn around to another street, it's going to be horror, isolated, deserted, and there is a huge stench that normal people would not like to smell. Same with Pakistan, since India and Pakistan are fairly alike, it's basically the same in terms of streets, food, weather, and all sorts of things.
Pictures of the Partition of India
Map of Pakistan and India at that time
References
(USA) Dr. Crispin Bates; “The Hidden Story of Partition and its Legacies” 2011/3/3 (link below)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/partition1947_01.shtml
(India) India Travel Tour Guides; “What to Wear in India” 2008/8/18 (link below)
http://www.bharatonline.com/travel-tips/clothes.html
(India) Sharrell Cook; “Tips to help avoid India Culture Shock” 2010/2/12 (link below)
http://goindia.about.com/od/planningyourtrip/qt/indiaarriving.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/partition1947_01.shtml
(India) India Travel Tour Guides; “What to Wear in India” 2008/8/18 (link below)
http://www.bharatonline.com/travel-tips/clothes.html
(India) Sharrell Cook; “Tips to help avoid India Culture Shock” 2010/2/12 (link below)
http://goindia.about.com/od/planningyourtrip/qt/indiaarriving.htm