His family left because they had to, at the time of partition in 1947. If they hadn’t gone to Pakistan, they would have been killed, says an old man who used to be a patient of Assad’s father. “I don’t belong here,” the old man says, sadly. Assad’s is one of the four stories in My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947 (BBC1), Anita Rani’s exploration of that momentous event 70 years ago. What Does Partition Think It Is?.

Source: The Guardian August 10, 2017 04:52 UTC