A wide ranging episode capturing the intricacies of the time of Indian Partition, from the eyes of one who experienced it firsthand. Mr Ram Sharan Ahuja was a 7.5 year old boy caught up in the frenzy and horrors of partition and had to leave his ancestral lands in Pakistan and endure a difficult, perilous journey in finding safety and refuge in India, to start a life all over again. This is the story of the horrors that he and millions like him endured.
Mr Ahuja is an author of two books:
1. The Endless Learning Curve: A memoir of a forever-curious soul (www.amazon.com/Endless-Learni...)
2. Post Independence India - A PERSPECTIVE: The Story of a Country with a Great Heritage, Hopes, Aspirations, Challenges, Successes, Failures, Turmoil, Resilience and a Bright Future (www.amazon.com/POST-INDEPENDE...)
(00:09) - Introduction
(03:19) - Two dates of birth
(10:45) - Family and thriving businesses in Pakistan
(15:20) - Situation deteriorating before partition
(19:00) - Convert and stay, or leave
(20:10) - Finally leaving Montgomery for India
(25:15) - Cyril Radcliff partitioned India
(27:39) - The dangerous train journey to India
(31:55) - Helped by RSS workers in Ferozepur, India
(33:19) - Finding his lost sister from Pakistan
(36:36) - Desperate to protect daughters from Muslim mobs
(38:40) - The generation that saw partition is almost gone
(40:00) - Who was to blame for the partition?
(43:55) - Should the partition have happened?
(46:20) - Message to this generation
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