“The notion that where one is from can be understood using what remains of that place opens up a highly sensitive and rich terrain that can help unpack belonging, especially if that place has now been rendered inaccessible by national borders.” FamilyIndiaMemorySeparationPakistanRefugeeMigrationBorder1947 Book:Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory Source: Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory
“We should have realized it sooner, at least my father should have, that there was no coming back. Not in September when the riots died down, not in October when the subcontinent still lay in shock, not even in November as he had hoped and promised us. Lahore was now lost forever” LossFamilyHistoryViolenceIndiaBelongingPakistanPartitionLahore Book:Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory Source: Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory