Indian woman to visit Pakistan home for the first time since 1947
2 years, 5 months ago

Indian woman to visit Pakistan home for the first time since 1947

Al Jazeera  

Reena Varma will be the only one from her family to make it back to their Rawalpindi home since they left 75 years ago. When 92-year-old Indian citizen Reena Varma visits her childhood home in Pakistan this week, for the first time in 75 years, she will be the only one in her family to make it back home since they left shortly before the partition divided the two nations. “Now, I cannot predict how I will react when I reach Rawalpindi and see my ancestral home in the street.” Varma’s family was among the millions of people whose lives were disrupted in 1947, when the two countries – Hindu-majority India and mostly Muslim Pakistan – were created. “She kept saying we will go back to Rawalpindi soon but ultimately she had to accept the reality that India and Pakistan are two separate countries,” she said. “India and Pakistan are two separate countries but we can bring peace between them through love and people-to-people contact,” William said.

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