Impact of ‘traumatic period’ still lingers with those who were uprooted – and their families – 75 years on
For Navtej Kaur Purewal, a Soas University of London professor working on a, it is a question of what is commemorated, and how. “It’s not as if we’ve forgotten, it’s just that there really isn’t any space to have even today those critical conversations about empire,” said Purewal, noting the recent celebration of the Queen’s 70 years on the throne.
“I can never forget that kind of brutality,” said Lal, now 96. “I remember one child, he tried to raise his head and dropped down again.” Enlisting friends, they fit nearly 15 people in the back of a horse-drawn carriage to catch up with the caravan. “We were really very sad in every way,” said Lal. “Not that India was divided, but the people, they suffered.”
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Banks preparing new disclosures to show impact of lending on natureA new acronym, the TNFD – or Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures – is looming large for banks, who will lift disclosure on natural environments.
Read more »
‘If we were in the US, we’d be rock stars’: How the NBA global academy is helping players reach higher levels“No matter where a kid is born, if they have that talent and desire, we want to make sure there isn’t a gap for them to slip through,' said Marty Clarke of NBA’s Global Academy program based at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. | rpjward
Read more »
‘If we were in the US, we’d be rock stars’: How the NBA global academy is helping players reach higher levelsThe NBA’s arrival at Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Canberra is having a positive impact on both Australia’s best talent and young players from around the world.
Read more »
‘We must forget about divisions’: one woman’s journey home 75 years after India’s partitionChance encounter on Facebook led Reena Verna, 90, to visit family home she was forced to abandon in 1947
Read more »
‘The house was freezing’: life during blackouts of 1970s BritainWith winter power cuts a possibility amid energy crisis, some Britons remember them as ‘very ordinary’
Read more »