PARTITION chronicles a microcosm of India in 1947, a British
archeological dig in rural Punjab. There, while uncovering artifacts of India’s
past, Professor Robert Joyce is enveloped by the political turmoil of India’s present.
Like Lord Mountbatten, Britain’s last Viceroy of India, Robert must deal with
competing pressures from Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs. Complicating Robert’s exit
strategy, his daughter Serena falls for two graduate students, one Hindu and
one Muslim.
