Days after Hari Krishan Lal Anand’s 90th birthday, he returned to the village where he was born. He had been separated from from his hometown for more than seven decades by political strife, wars and, ...

Khalid Bashir Rai was seven when his family had to abandon their home. It was August 15, 1947, the day India was partitioned into two states and his younger brother was born. Amid early sparks of ...

KARACHI: A few months ago, Dr Sadia Siddiqui experienced something extraordinary. She returned home. Dr Siddiqui migrated from Lucknow to Karachi in 1957 and has not been able to return since. In ...

Through Virtual Reality, survivors visit lost heavens in 360 degree experience. Partition survivors visit their places of birth through virtual reality, courtesy Dastaan. Partition survivors visit ...

Come next week, Calcutta will get a Partition museum, albeit a virtual one for now, showcasing the art and literature that reflects the bond between people across the barbed wires and the trauma the ...

This week, as India and Pakistan celebrate their Independence Day in an exceptionally difficult year, for many people, the jubilation will be tinged by memories of the circumstances in which freedom ...