New Delhi letter
When India and Pakistan compete in cricket, the two nations play much more than a simple match. Netflix’s documentary miniseries, India-Pakistan. The best cricket enemiesReleased on February 7, examines the nationalist frenzy that can trigger the slightest match between the two countries. With the jubilant crowd images, faces and body of supporters entirely painted in the colors of their respective teams, waving the national flag of their country …
For many, the India-Pakistan rivalry would be the largest in the sports world, but the Competition between the two enemy brothers is also exacerbated by the bitterness of history, political hostilities and the patriotic zeal of hundreds of millions of supporters. India and Pakistan were born from the bloody partition of the British Indies in 1947. At the time, some 15 million refugees were thrown on the roads: part of the Muslims leave India, and the Hindus flee Pakistan. Between one and two million people died, mostly brutally in clashes between Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims.
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