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With tales of horrific journeys undertaken in Post-Partition India – makes you question how humans could possibly inflict such barbarity on to their fellow humans. The climax of going through the border from India to Pakistan seems straight out of a Hollywood film – except with more casualties. A fascinating insight into some dark days in the immediate aftermath of decolonisation… Stephen Luscombe – britishempire.co.uk
The retired British settlers were split two ways – Let’s get the hell out of here before we are all slaughtered in our beds, many armed themselves with pistols and shotguns; the other half remained complacent; Sit tight we’ve seen all this before, it will blow over in a few weeks and life will go on just the same.
The Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs who were caught on the wrong side, were quite definite in what they had to do. They had to move to the other side as quickly as possible. A true master piece depicting the events of 1947, the stories we have just heard from our parents and grandparents .Dr.Daniyal Nagi
A unique experience. Very few non-Indian/Pakistanis will have witnessed the East- West movement of humanity at such close quarters, a terrible experience, almost stranger than fiction. Henry Nelson – British In India Museum