Other Side of Silence : Voices from the Partition of India (9788184753141) by Butalia Urvashi

Author:Butalia, Urvashi [Butalia, Urvashi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9788184753141
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2013-05-02T00:00:00+00:00

After leaving home we had to cross the surrounding boundary of water. And we were many family members, several women and children who would not have been able to cross the water, to survive the flight. So we killed — they became martyrs — seventeen of our family members, seventeen lives ... our hearts were heavy with grief for them, grief and sorrow, their grief, our own grief. So we travelled, laden with sorrow, not a paisa to call our own, not a bite of food to eat ... but we had to leave. Had we not done so, we would have been killed, the times were such ...

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