From Pakistan To India, This Woman's Heart-Wrenching Journey Through Partition Will Move You

Ever wondered how people survive from one day to the other when their lives have been completely destroyed by war? Ever thought about the uncertain future people face in Syria and million others whose world has been toppled over by terror and human prejudices?

Let this woman spell it out for you. Her narrative is about her tumultuous journey from Pakistan to India at the time of our freedom struggle - that was India's biggest fight to win independence.?

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Uprooted from her hometown Rawalpindi, she lost her childhood and teenage years to war. She even lost her education. Because the fear to survive and the hope to see her family were far bigger concerns than having a normal life.

She says,

"I left for Jammu, with a few of my belongings and no assurance of when I would see my family again. When we got to Jammu, we got the news that trucks filled with dead bodies of Sikh or Muslim men were being sent across the border — it was a terrifying time. Meanwhile, the tension around Jammu and Kashmir was also on a rise. I remember, everyday I would wake up and wear 4 pairs of clothing instead of 1 — just incase we had to run all of a sudden.

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Our house there overlooked the valley, so we could easily see people approaching. My Masa had prepared me that incase he saw that people were storming in and there was a chance that I would be taken captive — he would kill me first. Everyday, I would see him sharpening knives and swords and I wondered if that day would be my last — it was worse than death itself."

Originally posted on Humans of Bombay, here's her entire story.

Death takes away life. War destroys it completely.