ranjan

The partition of India which gave birth to the world's largest democracy, left a devastating legacy and scars that refuse to heal. Even after 72 years and three generations, a part of legacy still within us, the remnants of the separation still haunts us. The competing political narratives surrounding the partition have continued to keep the root cause of the historical event a matter of dispute. However, personal memoirs are clear cut, as all of them - without exception- are full of stories of  shock, loss, grief and acceptance.     Based upon the happenings and memories gathered from my Grand Father, Grandmother and my beloved parents,  I make an effort here to mention a few memories.      My Grandfather,  third son of a wealthy business family had two brothers and one sister  born in Rawalpindi, stayed in a grand house, owned horse bogeys and used to spend summers in Murree, a potential hill station near Rawalpindi. The business interests of the family were established at both a