A pretty dry and high-level recounting without substantial personal or relateable human stories. It glosses over what seems to have been substantial issues like the annexation of Hyderabad, the partition of Bengal and the "Kashmir imbroglio" (p. 208) and therefore runs quite short for such a complex and ongoing historical event.  As somebody who was not familiar with partition, there was a lot of good information here, but nothing is addressed in any depth, and I clearly need to go to another source for more information.

"Coolies" is a slur - although the topic of this book is historical, the writing of the book is not historical, and I don't understand the value of using this word several time so casually, outside of quotations.