As a part of its intellectual pursuits, India Foundation hosted the 4th edition of India Foundation Ideas Series on November 24, 2023. In this edition, a discussion on the book titled “The Seedbed of Pakistan: Cultural Conflicts, Elite Muslim Anxieties and the Congress 1885-1906”, was organized with the author Dr. Saumya Dey, Professor, Rishihood University. The session was chaired by Mr. Come Carpentier, Distinguished Fellow, India Foundation. The author shed light on the key arguments of his book, followed by an engaging conversation with the esteemed attendees. He discussed the ‘Islamicate’ nature of the Muslim-ruled states of India, and how its breakdown in the early colonial period led to the formation of elite Muslim consciousness as a separate entity, which prepared the background for eventual partition of India.
