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The Latest Breaking News from Partition

‘Finally we are together’: partition’s broken families reunite after seven decades

Social media is helping long-lost relatives discover each other after a lifetime separated by the India-Pakistan border

The Guardian - UK

PM Modi pays homage to those who lost their lives during Partition

Modi had announced last year that August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

The Hindu

75 years after India's violent Partition, survivors can cross the border — virtually

A virtual reality project helps survivors of India's Partition glimpse long-lost birthplaces they fled as children. Fraught relations between India and Pakistan mean they can't visit in person.

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The bloody legacy of Pakistan's creation in witness's own words

As Pakistan celebrates its 75th anniversary, Dr Mirza Mohammed Qadeer Baig tells in his own words the repercussions caused when the British left in 1947 and the horrors of Partition

Daily Mirror

YouTube videos are helping reunite loved ones separated by the India-Pakistan border

Two Pakistani friends make videos in which those who lived through India's 1947 Partition describe loved ones they lost at the time. With viewers' help, siblings and others are reunited after decades.

WEKU

75 years of India partition: How tech is opening window into past

As India-Pakistan tensions hamper visits, social media helps people connect and online projects share oral histories.

Al Jazeera

At 75, Pakistan has moved far from the secular and democratic vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah

This month marks the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s independence and of its Partition from British India in a devastating process that uprooted more than 15 million people and resulted in 1 million to 2 million dead. Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs – communities that had coexisted for hundreds of years –…

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When there was space to make a little allowance for the sentiments of others

The cinemas of Old Delhi provide a unique lens through which to recall the tradition of shared living that helped Indian cities find equilibrium after the violence of Partition

The Hindu

Many Pakistanis dig the cultural nods on 'Ms. Marvel' but are mixed on casting

Pakistanis weigh in on the new Disney+ show, which features the story of Kamala Khan, a Pakistani American teen who discovers her superpowers in her grandmother's bangle.

WEKU

'Ms. Marvel' Episode 2 reveals a tragic backstory — the comics go even deeper

Episode 2 touches on the traumatic partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.

Inverse

Woman separated from family during Partition in 1947 reunites with brothers from India at Kartarpur

Two years ago, her father’s health deteriorated and he told her that she was not his real daughter and she belonged to a Sikh family.

The Hindu

Sequel to Aanchal Malhotra's debut book 'Remnants of a Separation' out in May

After her remarkable debut book 'Remnants of a Separation' in 2017, author and oral historian Aanchal Malhotra is back with its sequel. The new book titled 'In the Language of Remembering' will be released on May 10, 2022, publisher HarperCollins India announced on April 11.

The Times of India

Documentary on hockey Olympian Grahnandan Singh explores a Partition-era friendship

Bani Singh’s documentary ‘Taangh/Longing’ explores the life of her hockey champion father and the camaraderie he shared with his teammates on both sides of the Radcliffe Line

The Hindu

The measure of a man

While many will laud Arun Jaitley’s political career and address his public persona, the true measure of a man is how he gave of himself to others. It is an intangible, unquantifiable quality. Especially, if he himself never boasted about what he did for others. When my father’s soul left…

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