This chapter examines postcolonial debates on nation-making pedagogies shaped by ethno-nationalist ideologies that frame the nation as a majoritarian narrative built on borders and enemy-creation. It investigates how cross-cultural curricula, transborder cultural exchange, and shared literary traditions can cultivate critical thinking and convivial, activist pedagogies. Methodologically, it adopts new historicist and genealogical approaches to challenge normalised discourses of hatred and otherisation. Empirically, Purakayastha focuses on communal violence, militarisation, political atrocities, and refugee displacement across the India–Pakistan–Afghanistan region, a conflict zone marked by continuous hostility and deep civilian suffering. Ultimately, this chapter critically examines how education reinforces xenophobia and majoritarian nationalism, particularly through Hinduised curricula in contemporary India, and proposes decolonial, cross-cultural pedagogies as alternatives to entrenched narratives of hatred.