The Hindu-Muslim differences : the socio-economic and cultural dimensions -- Divide and rule : the Communal Award and its implications in Bengal -- Politics of accommodation and confrontation : the Second Partition of Bengal -- An alternative to partition : the United Bengal Scheme -- Redefining borders : the Boundary Commission and the partition of Bengal -- Construction and consolidation of identities : the Sylhet Referendum and partition -- History of partition or partition of history (?), fractured and wounded voice of the people.